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tjj Mar 19, 2010 18:33:16
Replying to ocifant

ocifant wrote:
With another visit to Penwith looming, I thought I'd try to get to some sites I've not managed before, in the hope of some fine weather.

Looking on Google Earth and magic, Watch Croft seems fairly out of the way. Does anyone have any turn by turn directions on the best (easiest) way to approach it? My knees aren't what they were, and I prefer to stick to accessible paths rather than scramble cross country these days.

Thanks.

I was looking forward to reading some replies to this as I am heading down that way myself next month with the main objective of visiting a few ancient sites in the Penwith area. I hadn't heard about this one and it certainly looks worth visiting. Thesweetcheat has written some great fieldnotes and he remains my main source of inspiration for going down there - along with the opening sequences of the Standing with Stones dvd.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/11673

As he helpfully says - watch out for old mine shafts.

A AngieLake
AngieLake Mar 20, 2010 03:55:13
Replying to tjj

Ocifant - regarding Watchcroft: how about contacting Ian McNeil Cooke who wrote that excellent book 'Mermaid to Merrymaid - Journey to the Stones'? (You've probably already got a copy.) He used to live at Men an Tol Studio, I think.
My book is a 2000 reprint and inside the cover it gives an address: 'Men an Tol Studio, Bosullow, Penzance, Cornwall, TR20 8NR. (I was going to add the phone number here, but maybe that's not wise. It's probably changed anyway since then.)
Turning it out has reminded me what a great book it is, and shall have to try and find time to read it properly!
(Do you remember meeting my friend Angela and me - [I was the quiet one, dowsing!] - at Boscawen Un in 2004? I emailed you afterwards about that strange Creeg Tol site near there.
Good luck. (Hope the knees improve.)