Key to the Online Maps of West Cornwall
Key to symbols and colours used on the
Ancient Sites & Alignments maps of Cornwall
The alignments maps show ancient site alignments ('leylines'), not dowsed energy-lines.
It shows all of the known ancient sites in Cornwall.
Click any site or alignment on the map for an information popup.
Follow the links on the popups for more information about the sites or alignments.
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 | Quoits (dolmens) | |
 | Menhirs (existing) | |
 | Menhirs (queried or gone) | |
 | Stone Rows | |
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 | Hill Camps (hillforts) | |
 | Hill Enclosures (sacred) | |
 | Cliff Sanctuaries (cliff castles) | |
 | Cliff Sanctuaries (possible) | |
 | Prominent Headlands | |
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 | Carns (outcrops & tors) | |
 | Wells & Springs | |
 | (bronze and iron ages) | |
 | Early & Medieval churches | |
 | Early & Medieval Crosses | |
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 | Natural Rocks & Outcrops | |
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 | Neolithic Long Barrows | |
 | Possible Sites | |
Alignments | ||
 | Backbone alignments (involving neolithic tors & cliff sanctuaries) | |
 | Other long-distance alignments crossing the region | |
 | Main local alignments | |
 | Lesser local alignments | |
 | Penwith quoit alignments & Lizard barrow alignments | |
 | Alignments on Scilly and Lamorna plateau alignments | |
 | Stone circle radials and near-parallel alignments in Scilly | |
 | Regional & international alignments (eg. Michael & Apollo Lines) | |
 | Orientations of double menhirs | |
All alignments are accurate to within three metres (five metres in a few cases). In most cases they contain four or more points (with a few exceptions), accurately aligned.
All alignments have been triple-checked. If you find errors or have amendments or something to add, get in touch!
When an alignment passes near a significant site but more than five metres from it, the site is noted in parentheses in the alignment notes on the map, but it is not counted as a validating point on the alignment.
Azimuths. In the info popup for each alignment (click on it) and in the alignments list, azimuths are given like this: AZ=84.6°. These show the alignment's orientation, measured in degrees from due north in a clockwise direction. For the opposite azimuth, add 180°. These azimuths apply only to a level horizon.
Useful books:
The Old Stones of Land's End, John Michell, Garnstone Press, 1974, ISBN 978-0855113704. Out of print.
Belerion, Craig Weatherhill, Alison Hodge, 1981, ISBN 978-0906720011. Out of print.
Ancient Sites in West Penwith, Cheryl Straffon, Meyn Mamvro, ISBN 978-0951885901.
Cornovia - ancient sites of Cornwall and Scilly, Craig Weatherhill, Halsgrove, 2011, ISBN 978-1841147482.
The Romance of the Stones, Robin Payne & Rosemarie Lewsey, Alexander Associates, 1999, ISBN 899526-66-8. Out of print.
The Promontory People, Craig Weatherhill, Francis Boutle Pubs, 2018. ISBN 978 1 9164906 11.
Journey to the Stones, Ian MacNeil Cooke, Men-an-Tol Studio, 1978, ISBN 0 9512371 7 9. Out of print.
Shining Land - the ancient sites of West Penwith and what they say about megalithic civilisation, Palden Jenkins, 2022. Website.
Carn Lês Boel
Mulfra Quoit
Mên an Tol
Mên Scryfa and Carn Galva
Brane chambered cairn
Gurnard's Head
Carn Galva from Zennor Hill
Boscawen-ûn stone circle
Ballowall Barrow
Bosiliack Barrow
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