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Delford Bridge MenhirStanding Stone / Menhir
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I always understood the name Penquite to mean Pen = House/Head of Quite = Wood I like the idea of a quiot on a hill but of course the stone is in a valley. Also the only other large stones lying around it are not large enough to construct a quiot. |
Posted by dominicfairman 27th March 2002ce |
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I passed this site totally by chance. I just noticed it over a hedge as I approach the clapper bridge at Delford. I took several photos with zoom lense from the road side. Looking at the stone from different angles it looks to me like a fallen Quoit stone, other stones scattered around it would add weight to this theory. Looking on the map I found that the neighbouring farms go by the names Penquite, South Penquite, Best Penquite, Higher Penquite and Lower Penquite "Pen" = Hill or Head "quite" could be a corruption of quoit hence: Quoit on the hill Anyone agree? Phil |
Posted by phil 25th March 2002ce |
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Shows map dated 1888 of Delford bridge. (The worlds longest link.) http://www.old-maps.co.uk/large_ind.htm?currentWest=10580.7752204482¤tEast=11532.3751701768¤tSouth=18540.4781176970¤tNorth=19054.3031176970&countyGridMap=10corn061 |
Posted by phil 29th March 2002ce |
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The farmer who owns this site plans to cut the turf around this site an create a labyrinth to celebrate Solstice 2002. See the snip from the webpage below... http://www.the-solstice-stone-arts-festival.co.uk/labyrinth.html "Firstly the labyrinth will marked by cutting and removing the turf. Then a well defined foot wide trench will be dug. This will be filled with carefully laid granite hedge stones and gravel which can then be rolled flat with the ground. In the end the labyrinth will be literally etched into the ground with granite - a monument that should truly stand the test of time." |
Posted by phil 20th February 2002ce |
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