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Delford Bridge Menhir

Standing Stone / Menhir

<b>Delford Bridge Menhir</b>Posted by thesweetcheatImage © A. Brookes (20.6.2019)
Nearest Town:Bodmin (9km S)
OS Ref (GB):   SX112758 / Sheet: 200
Latitude:50° 33' 2.9" N
Longitude:   4° 39' 55.5" W

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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
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Posted by phil
25th March 2002ce

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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.
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Posted by dominicfairman
27th March 2002ce
Edited 21st March 2013ce
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