A question about a holed stone in Penwith | Forum

tjj May 8, 2010 08:13:18

I have wanted to ask this question since I returned from a most enjoyable spring week in West cornwall. I don't have the OS grid reference, which is probably why I hesitated to ask sooner; it is on the right hand side of the road about a quarter of a mile outside the tiny village of Sheffield (near Paul) going towards Lamorna.

We passed this beautiful granite holed stone by B3315 at the start of our walk to the Merry Maidens. It looks as though it may have been sited at that spot in recent times ... does anyone know anything about it.

Many thanks in advance for any info.

tjj

thesweetcheat May 9, 2010 14:54:47

Replying to tjj

Pretty sure it's a modern addition June, although I've never seen it before. There are quite a number of megalithic follies around Penwith (there's even a fake stone circle near the coast path between St Ives and Zennor!).

ocifant May 9, 2010 17:23:50

Replying to tjj

That's certainly not a stone I've seen before, and I can find no mention of it in Romance of the Stones (Robin Payne). Similarly, there is no mention in Weatherhill's Cornovia, so I'd say this is almost certainly modern.

I'll take a quick look at it later this week, and see if anyone local knows anything.