New Cornish henge ????? | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

Mr Hamhead Dec 9, 2004 08:59:02

I had the chance to visit the Cornwall Archaeological Unit (CAU) yesterday..although they are now called the Cornwall Historic Enviroment Service.

One of the things I wanted to ask about was this feature on Bodmin Moor

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6760

As you will see on the post i have been in contact with them about the site but yesterday i had the chance to show them some photos. The only record they have of it is the OS survey and the site survey done in 1984.

After seeing the photos Steve Hartgroves is still convinced it is not a Iron Age round or a natural feature......and he agreed to my suggestion that "it could be" a small henge.

So, im a little bit excited!, could I have "discovered" a henge? The chances of the CAU getting somebody up there to do any work on it are possibly very thin but i will keep up my interest in the site...might even get up there for the winter solstice...should I go for moon rise or sun rise...I aint up on these sorts of things..

...any help out there?

Mr H

pixie1948 Dec 9, 2004 10:12:30

Replying to Mr Hamhead

Definitely not the easiest things to take pics of but that's a good one. No idea what it is though

FourWinds Dec 9, 2004 18:32:09

Replying to Mr Hamhead

Looking at your photo there seem to be two stones in the picture. Are they stones? If so are there any more? i.e. is the there the possibility of a tangential row? Could be important. I doubt someone would have made the enclosure to butt up to the row. It is more likely that they are contemporary or the row came later (if it is one).

35m is not all that small for a henge if you broaden your scope. A few Irish ones are of around this size.

It could be a ring barrow.

It's nice to have another "discovery" this week. I stumbled across this last Sunday - http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6807 - (also not easy to photograph). It seems to be classed as a hut circle (or is totally unrecorded), but I reckon it's the remains of an axial, embanked stone circle similar to Boleycarrigeen 1km to the west (which would be visible from here if it weren't for a pine plantation surrounding Boleycarrigeen!)