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Standing Stones
of the
Land's End Peninsula
by Ian McNeil Cooke (2002/07)
A study of the menhirs of West Penwith, Cornwall, UK
Standing Stones of the
Land's End Peninsula
by Ian McNeil Cooke (2007)
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Site List of Menhirs in West Penwith


Three sections: definite menhirs, queried menhirs, field name evidence.


Parishes of West Penwith, Cornwall

Definite Menhirs


St Buryan
ST.BURYAN 6  PRIDDEN at 4164/2659
ST.BURYAN 8  TRELEW at 4217/2691
ST.BURYAN 10  BOSCAWEN ROS uprooted at 4277/2393.
ST.BURYAN 11  SELENA probable pair of menhirs, destroyed, formerly at c.3974/2399

Paul
PAUL 2  CHYENHAL at 4505/2750
PAUL 3  KERRIS at 4439/2742

Gulval
GULVAL 1  CARFURY at 4401/3399
GULVAL 2  TRY at 4597/3498
GULVAL 3  BOSKEDNAN stump of menhir at 4338/3516

Madron
MADRON 1  KERROW at 4145/3425
MADRON 2  TREMAYNE at 4297/3136
MADRON 4  BOSULLOW missing menhir formerly at c.4185/3458
MADRON 5  LANYON missing menhir formerly at about 4292/3368
MADRON 6  LOWER NINNES missing menhir formerly at about 4508/3423
MADRON 7  TREMAYNE destroyed menhir formerly at 4298/3136

Sancreed and St Just
SANCREED 2  HIGHER DRIFT at (A) 4372/2831 and (B) 4371/2831
SANCREED 3  TRENUGGO (The Blind Fiddler) at 4253/2818
SANCREED 4  BOSWARTHEN missing menhir formerly at c.4130/2875
ST.JUST 1  BREA destroyed menhir formerly at 3812/2798

Lelant and Ludgvan
LELANT 1  BEERSHEEBA at 5251/3714
LELANT 2  CARBIS BAY stump of menhir at  5303/3821
LUDGVAN 1  HIGHER TREMENHEERE ‘lost’ menhirs formerly at c.489/333

Morvah, Zennor and Towednack
MORVAH 2  CARNE missing menhir formerly at about 4070/3510.
TOWEDNACK 1  LADY DOWNS destroyed menhir at c.472/363
ZENNOR 1  KERROW at 4523/3732

Sennen
SENNEN 1  TREVE at 3545/2556
SENNEN 2  ESCALLS destroyed ?pair? of menhirs

Queried Menhirs



St Buryan
ST.BURYAN 12  BOLEIGH prostrate stone at 4383/2478
ST.BURYAN 14  BOSKENNA stump of stone at 4260/2371
ST.BURYAN 16  CHYANGWENS fallen stone at 4186/2706
ST.BURYAN 18  TREGIFFIAN BARROW displaced stone at 4303/2442
ST.BURYAN 19  TREGURNOW re-erected stone at c.4377/2466
ST.BURYAN 20  TREGURNOW fallen stone at 4374/2455
ST.BURYAN 23  BOLEIGH missing stone from about 4360/2490.
ST.BURYAN 24  BUNKERS HILL destroyed stones at (A) 4041/2721 and (B) 4031/2719
ST.BURYAN 26  MERRY MAIDENS missing stones from c.432/243

Paul
PAUL 5  CASTALLACK at 4541/2545
PAUL 6  CHYENHAL missing stones marked from 4491/2745 and 4498/2747
PAUL 7  ENNIS at 4467/2820
PAUL 10  KEMYEL at 4569/2467, 4573/2466 and 4587/2458
PAUL 12  REDHOUSE at 4476/2658 and 4480/2663
PAUL 13  SWINGATE at 4570/2517, 4582/2524, 4614/2522 and 4582/2539
PAUL 14  TREDAVOE at c.4522/2822
PAUL 15  TRESVENNACK missing stone from c.4426/2793
PAUL 16  TRESVENNACK fallen stone at 4425/2813

Gulval and Madron
GULVAL 5  ROSEMORRAN trimmed stone at 4753/3254
MADRON 3  TREWERN at 4320/3208
MADRON 8  TREWERN missing stone formerly at c.4319/3194
MADRON 9  BOSWARTHEN stump of stone at 4427/3298
MADRON 10  MULFRA missing fallen stone at about 4518/3532

Sancreed and St Just
SANCREED 5  BOSLOW missing stone location unknown
SANCREED 6  NEWHAM missing stone from c.415/290
SANCREED 7  NEWHAM displaced stones at c.4172/2916
SANCREED 8  WHEAL BULLER re-erected stone at 4025/3186
SANCREED 10  BOJUTHNOE missing stone from c.415/324
ST.JUST 2  BOSAVERN at 3727/3033
ST.JUST 4  CARN EANES re-erected stone at 3840/3374

Lelant
LELANT 3  CARNE at 5027/3610

Morvah, Zennor and Towednack
MORVAH 3  CROFTO at 4060/3421
MORVAH 4  DAKOTA at 4200/3499
MORVAH 5  KERROW at c.4131/3460
MORVAH 6  HIGHER TREVOWHAN destroyed stone formerly at 4089/3512
MORVAH 7  LOWER TREVOWHAN missing stone formerly at c.4034/3567
MORVAH 8  ROSEMERGY destroyed stone at about 41/36
ZENNOR 4  BOSWEDNACK displaced ?menhir? at 4441/3787
ZENNOR 5  KERROW at 4478/3807
ZENNOR 6  TREGERTHEN missing stone from c.4687/3883
ZENNOR 7  TREMEADER COMMON missing prostrate stone from c.47/37
ZENNOR 8  TREWEY at 4528/3845
ZENNOR 10  TREEN missing stone from c.4447/3665
TOWEDNACK 1  LADY DOWNS destroyed menhir formerly at about 472/363
TOWEDNACK 3  TRINK at 5022/3714

Sennen
SENNEN 3  BREW (= ST.JUST 1)
SENNEN 4  TREVEAR uprooted stone formerly at 3685/2603

Field Name Evidence



ST.BURYAN F1  Boleigh TA(1838) 3215 Long Stone
ST.BURYAN F2  Boleigh TA(1838) 3159 Homer Long Stone, 3160 Middle Long Stone, 3161 Further Long Stone
ST.BURYAN F3  Boscarne Vean TA(1838) 2221 Long Stone
ST.BURYAN F4  Boscawen TA(1838) 3607 Lower Long Stone, 3609 Higher Long Stone
ST.BURYAN F5  Boscawen Woone TA(1838) 2637 Long Stone
ST.BURYAN F6  Pendrea TA(1838) Churchway Goon Newheere (799, 800), Middle Churchway Goon Newheere (817), Western Goon Newheere Down (819), Goon Newheere Moor (824), Goon Newheere Down (822), Great Goon Newheere (820-21) and Little Goon Newheere (818).
ST.BURYAN F7  Selena (see under ST.BURYAN 11).
ST.BURYAN F8  Tregadgwith TA(1838) 1535 Long Rock
ST.BURYAN F9  Trelew TA(1838) 1799 Little Long Stone, 1828 Great Long Stone, 1829 The Long Stone
ST.BURYAN F10  Tresidder TA(1838) 310 Long Stone
ST.BURYAN F11  Trevorgans TA(1838) 1015 Long Stone
ST.BURYAN F12  Trevorrian TA(1838) 1689 Long Stone
ST.BURYAN F13  Tredinney The Mennars
ST.BURYAN F14  Bolankan TA(1843) 2502 Rock Field
PAUL F1  Castallack TA(1841) 2018 Long Stone
PAUL F2  Castallack and Bussava TA(1841) 2059 Park Memeer
PAUL F3  Tresvennack TA(1841) 975 Long Stone
PAUL F4  Trevithole (Halwyn) LA(1696) LA27 Goen Menhere

GULVAL F1  Boskednan TA(1843) 42 Gweal an Menor
GULVAL F2  Bosulval TA(1843) 511 Long Stone
GULVAL F3  Carfury Wartha TA(1843) 171 Lower Long Stone
GULVAL F4  Carfury Gwelamennar and Dor Mean
GULVAL F5  Try TA(1843) 477 Long Stone Field
GULVAL F6  Trythall TA(1843) 959 Long Stone
GULVAL F7  Boskednan Wartha TA(1843) 191 Dor an Mean
MADRON F1  Boswarthen TA(1841) 754 Long Stone Field
MADRON F2  Carthew TA(1841) 947 Long Stone Field
MADRON F3  Great Bosullow TA(1841) 1 The Pillar
MADRON F4  Great Bosullow TA(1841) 269 Higher Pillars Croft, 270 Pillars Croft
MADRON F5  Lower Ninnes Menhere
MADRON F6  Mulfra TA(1841) 2733 Further Long Stone Field
MADRON F7  Truren TA(1841) 1023 Long Stone Common, 1024 & 1025 Long Stone Downs

SANCREED F1  Boswarthen TA(1839) 522 Long Stone Field
SANCREED F2  Boswens TA(1839) 1972 Long Stone Croft
SANCREED F3  Trenuggo TA(1839) 234 Long Stone
SANCREED F4  Brane/Leah Dor Her Mer, Dorar Heere Meere
SANCREED F5  Meane an Mane
SANCREED F6  Treganhoe TA(1839) 399 Lower Piller Field, 404 Higher Piller Field
SANCREED F7  Treganhoe Long Stone
ST.JUST F1  Carnyorth Long Stone Mead
ST.JUST F2  Keigwin TA(1840) 271, 322--324 Gweal Amania, 252, 268, 273 Gweal Amena
ST.JUST F3  Letcha Hermon Hill
ST.JUST F4 Bojewyan Parke-an-Mener, Gweale-an-Menner

ST.IVES F1  Hellesveor TA(1839) 329 Long Rock Meadow, 360 Long Rock
LELANT F1  Beersheeba TA(1841) 1326 Mennor Longstone.
LELANT F2  Carbis Bay TA(1841) 215, 223, 851, 796, 900, 901 Longstone
LUDGVAN F1  Higher Tremenheere
LUDGVAN F2  Park an Meane

MORVAH F1  Chyowne TA(1839) 155 Jenkins Longstone
MORVAH F2  Chyowne TA(1839) 164 Matthews Longstone
MORVAH F3  Lower Trevowan TA(1839) 274, 275 Longstone
ZENNOR F1  Bosigran TA(1839) 21 Park Menheere, 22 Lower Park Menheere
ZENNOR F2  Boswednack TA(1839) 764 Long Stone
ZENNOR F3  Gear TA(1839) 816 Long Stone
ZENNOR F4  Kerrowe TA(1839) 996 Longstone Croft
ZENNOR F5  Porthmeor TA(1839) 282 Long Stone Field, 281 Mines Stristhes
ZENNOR F6 – OS 756 Rock Field
TOWEDNACK F1  Amalbrea TA(1841) 967 Long Rock Field
TOWEDNACK F2  Bussow Vean TA(1841) 470 Long Rock Field
TOWEDNACK F3  Chylason TA(1841) 854 Park Menheere

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Standing Stones of the
Land's End Peninsula
A study of the menhirs of West Penwith, Cornwall, by Ian McNeil Cooke
Standing Stones of the
Land's End Peninsula
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