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Andy Norfolk Feb 13, 2009 09:36:35

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The Sustainable Trust is now the owner of this quoit.

One of the first things we will do is get a geophysical survey carried out to find out what we've bought!

We intend to put the quoit back up, but that's going to need a lot more fund raising.

There will be more news on www.sustrust.co.uk when we get around to putting it up.

Andy N

Stoneshifter Feb 13, 2009 10:18:55

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The holed stone is reckoned to be the closing section of a long barrow-like structure. There are fairly intact ones in France, I believe. There was a carved stopper that fit in the hole to keep it closed. Made of stone. I own one of these stopper stones - a bung - but it has lost its hole. (I guess the rest of the structure was quarried in the 1700's when a roadbridge was being built). It'd be too much to suppose that yr holed stone and my stopper were the same size - if they were it might be good to put them together (sometime) ...

moss Feb 13, 2009 10:52:04

Replying to Andy Norfolk

Andy Norfolk wrote:

The Sustainable Trust is now the owner of this quoit.

One of the first things we will do is get a geophysical survey carried out to find out what we've bought!

We intend to put the quoit back up, but that's going to need a lot more fund raising.

There will be more news on www.sustrust.co.uk when we get around to putting it up.

Andy N

Thats excellent news, I see Satish Kumar is behind the trust, was he instrumental in buying it? Anyone who saw the rather beautiful tv programme last year must remember him sitting in a stone circle and meditating.
Hope your fund raising goes well...

bladup Feb 13, 2009 15:09:50

Replying to Andy Norfolk

great news, it was the most disappointing place i've visited in cornwall , it seemed so sad, now there's a chance to get it back up properly (it doesn't look quite right on postcard, proberly why it fell) ,it will look great from lane. great work and good luck! mulfra quoit would be great to restore, hopefully someone else down cornwall will be inspired by this and keep the ball rolling.