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Chapel Carn Brea (destroyed?)

Standing Stone / Menhir

Chapel Carn Brea (destroyed?) - no image available No image available
Nearest Town:Newlyn (8km ENE)
OS Ref (GB):   SW381280 / Sheet: 203
Latitude:50° 5' 37" N
Longitude:   5° 39' 44.31" W

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It's definitely not there. I checked it out this weekend, and there's nothing to be seen of this former 7-8 foot stone.

Robin Payne's Romance of the Stones mentions that it was removed by the farmer in 1980, despite being a scheduled monument. No mention of whether any action was taken against the farmer...
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ocifant Posted by ocifant
22nd June 2004ce

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(ex) Chapel Carn Brea menhir

SW381280 - I didn't have chance to investigate this. It is marked on the OS map, very close to a public footpath, but Ian McNeil Cooke's 'Standing Stones of the Land's End' (1998 - Men-an-Tol Studio) says "formerly standing in a field below the 'first and last' hill in Britain, this fine menhir was deliberately uprooted and broken by the farmer circa 1985"
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pure joy Posted by pure joy
11th January 2003ce
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