Boskednan Cairn

Nearest town:
Penzance (6km ESE)
OS reference:
SW4326735305
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
50° 9' 41.19 N
Longitude:
5° 35' 42.44 W
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Images

Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by Chris Bond

The pointed stone at the kerbed cairn at Boskednan, photographed from the south-south-west on 29 March 2003.

Image credit: Chris Bond
Chris Bond
Chris Bond Mar 2, 2025
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by Chris Bond

The kerbed cairn at Boskednan, photographed from the north-north-east on 29 March 2003.

Image credit: Chris Bond
Chris Bond
Chris Bond Mar 2, 2025
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Nice summer’s evening light. Nine Maidens over on the left.

Image credit: A. Brookes (16.6.2022)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 29, 2023
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Low cairn at SW43653521, downhill and ENE of the stone circle.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.6.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 20, 2019
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The triangular stone in the bonkers “kerb”. The more places I visit, the more unusual the form of this monument seems.

Image credit: A. Brookes (3.10.2017)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Oct 29, 2017
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Kerbed round cairn to the NNW of the main Boskednan cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (19.10.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Oct 29, 2015
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by postman

Nine maidens on the far left in the distance.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Aug 4, 2015
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Anyone know when this big hole appeared in the top of the cairn?

Image credit: A. Brookes (15.6.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 29, 2015
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

A big hole, with an iron bar stuck down it, has appeared in the cairn since last summer. Does anyone know when this happened?

Image credit: A. Brookes (15.6.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 29, 2015
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking NW across the barrow. The prominent cairns on the summit of Watch Croft can be seen on the skyline beyond.

Image credit: A. Brookes (18.6.2011)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 7, 2011
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by formicaant

This large triangular stone is on the east side of the mound.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 15/06/2007.
formicaant
formicaant Jun 17, 2007
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by formicaant

These I assume are kerb stones, they are in an arc on the western side of the cairn.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 15/06/2007.
formicaant
formicaant Jun 17, 2007
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by ocifant

View showing the position of the quartz stone. Note how the angle of the quartz mimics the angle of the upright stone in the foreground...

Image credit: Alan S>
ocifant
ocifant Oct 23, 2005
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by goffik

View from the cairn – Is that the Ding Dong mine I see in the background?

Image credit: Graham Orriss
goffik
goffik Mar 26, 2004
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by goffik

The cairn with Nine Stones of Boskednan in the background – gloriously sunny day...

Image credit: Graham Orriss
goffik
goffik Mar 26, 2004
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by Moth

From the direction of the Nine Maidens

Image credit: Tim Clark
Moth
Moth Mar 25, 2004
Image of Boskednan Cairn (Kerbed Cairn) by Moth

The inside of the cairn and its stones. Often momentarily mistaken on first sight it would seem, for the Nine Maidens. Well, by Mr Cope and me anyway (on my previous visit).

Image credit: Tim Clark
Moth
Moth Mar 25, 2004

Articles

Boskednan Cairn

postman
postman Aug 5, 2015

En route to the wonder that is the Nine maidens, I spied a large stone protruding from the bracken and decided to have a look on the way back. So..... on the way back we made our way over to the stone and found a well defined ring of stones, oooh I thought, it’s a cairn. Then I saw the hole with the metal in it and I realised where I am, Sweatcheat posted on this just the other month, hey look at that I said, that’s good isn’t it. Eric didn’t get it , and I never explained.
The sun was very low now, and the light was going, the bracken was high and kind of obscuring so we headed off to Men an Tol, I’d quite like a photo of it with the full moon.

Boskednan Cairn

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 14, 2011

We stop off briefly at the best-known barrow, north of the Nine Maidens stone circle and boasting an impressively pointy array of kerb stones. It is cleared regularly now by the CASPN volunteers, making it much easier to see than in years past. The “V” stone (which has an angular quartz vein running through it) is easy to spot now.

Boskednan Cairn

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 20, 2009

The cairn has been cleared of bracken and other vegetation recently – even in midsummer (16.6.09) the stones are now all clearly visible, rather than the overgrown tangle it used to be.

Boskednan Cairn

ocifant
ocifant Oct 23, 2005

The Cornish Ancient Sites Protection Network have recently done some clearance work at the cairn, uncovering a stone on the cairn with an amazing quartz vein. See Meyn Mamvro #58 for details.

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