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Thought you may like to see a video of the stones just a mile away from where I live. Being a 'monitor' for Historic England's HAR officer in my area I shot the film for her as there is talk about infilling the 'ponds'.
Personally, purely from a 'looks nice as it is' angle, I like it like this, but of course it can't be ignored having already been re-erected in the 30's I believe.

It is the most beautiful and quiet spot which in early evening is visited by hordes of ponies coming down to drink from the natural waterholes just to the south of the circle and is a wonderful sight. Of course many also ignore them and head straight for the circles ponds instead, which of course just exacerbates the problem.

https://youtu.be/5t0ix1tNl8o

Sanctuary wrote:
Thought you may like to see a video of the stones just a mile away from where I live. Being a 'monitor' for Historic England's HAR officer in my area I shot the film for her as there is talk about infilling the 'ponds'.
Personally, purely from a 'looks nice as it is' angle, I like it like this, but of course it can't be ignored having already been re-erected in the 30's I believe.

It is the most beautiful and quiet spot which in early evening is visited by hordes of ponies coming down to drink from the natural waterholes just to the south of the circle and is a wonderful sight. Of course many also ignore them and head straight for the circles ponds instead, which of course just exacerbates the problem.

https://youtu.be/5t0ix1tNl8o

Yes, it is beautiful as I saw from a recent midsummer's eve photo posted by thesweetcheat.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/152823/images/nine_stones_of_altarnun.html#comment22750

Whether he will want to come back and discuss it with you (for reasons I won't refer to here) remains to be seen.

Sanctuary wrote:
Thought you may like to see a video of the stones just a mile away from where I live. Being a 'monitor' for Historic England's HAR officer in my area I shot the film for her as there is talk about infilling the 'ponds'.
Personally, purely from a 'looks nice as it is' angle, I like it like this, but of course it can't be ignored having already been re-erected in the 30's I believe.

It is the most beautiful and quiet spot which in early evening is visited by hordes of ponies coming down to drink from the natural waterholes just to the south of the circle and is a wonderful sight. Of course many also ignore them and head straight for the circles ponds instead, which of course just
exacerbates the problem.

https://youtu.be/5t0ix1tNl8o

Whilst on the subject of Bodmin Moor, this news has just come through....
Dark Sky (does it really exist?)

http://www.cpre.org.uk/media-centre/sound-bites/item/4629-bodmin-moor-awarded-dark-sky-landscape-status

Looks great, I've not managed to get up there yet Roy, but will be moving to Cornwall at the end of this month. Any specific directions or advice you can give regarding access: where to park, how to approach etc?

Altarnun and the Stipple Stones are the two main circles I've not managed to visit now I think.