Bosporthennis 'Beehive Hut' 2
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Bosporthennis 'Beehive Hut'

Directions please!

Ok, probably not as helpful as you'd like, but:

Best advice is to use a combination of Magic map, OS 25000 and the instructions in Ian McNeil Cooke's Mermaid to MerryMaid.

From memory: From Gurnard's Head, take the road which heads inland to Treen common. Approx 200yds from the coast road is a footpath on the right (SW439371). Climb the bank/stile for the footpath.

Head off South across the fields toward the farmhouse until you come to a brook (SW438364). Cross the brook via the footbridge and turn left. If you turn right, there's a well a short way NW of the bridge and a couple of fields away is the Borsporthennis Quoit.

From here, I recall we walked along the track for a short while, then headed right across the fields (this is farmland I believe, so may be best to ask, though I think there are stiles). This is where the McNeil Cooke book helps as he lays out the fields, gates and trackways. From my poor memory, it's about 4 or 5 fields down and 3 fields in. Moth/Jane can probably confirm this.

You are unlikely to spot the house unless you're in it - it looks just like part of the normal field boundary until you get there! We had to confirm our location via GPS (which didn't help in finding it 'cos I was new to GPS then :-)


Have a great time, we're there from 7th October. If anyone else is down there at that time, give me a shout and we'll arrange a meet.

Blimey! Well that's at LEAST a very good start - cheers, matey! I'll print this lot off... and any more info anyone might have! I'm SURE there's no such thing as too much info on getting to this site!

G x

ocifant wrote:
From my poor memory, it's about 4 or 5 fields down and 3 fields in. Moth/Jane can probably confirm this.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Good luck in your quest! You need a lot of luck and bucketloads of determination to find it...
That's not very helpful is it.
J
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At a rough guess i will be down here!...and with all those emmets gone back I will have some time to get out and about a bit.

Had some well hunters in from Glastonbury yesterday..looking for St Marys well in Looe..not one I would travel far to see..usually full of chip wrappers and empty coke botles...

Never found the beehive hut at Bosphorthenis...I am not sure if I even looked for it!..had enough trouble finding the quoit...fantastic walls I remember.

Anyway Goff...give us a call...that pint is still waiting at the Old Ferry.

Mr H

Fwiw I'll post some instructions from my (unused) notes from the time. I don't think it's as many as 5 fields down....

I'll tryta post 'em tomorrow Goff, if I haven't done by Friday, drop me an email. I'd strongly reccomend having the Explorer AND the Iain Cooke book, as it's not really clear from either of them, but with them and my notes, I think you may have a chance!!! The worst thing is that it's difficult to spot even when y're in sight of it, as Oci sez, it just looks like fieldwall 'til yer on top of it.

Oh, and as MR H has hinted, the quoit isn't THAT easy, but it seems it after looking for the hut!!! (It's in a maze of fieldwalls, but the Explorer shows it pretty well really!)

love

Moth