Carvannel Menhir

Nearest town:
Redruth (4km NW)
OS reference:
SW712387
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
50° 12' 12.13 N
Longitude:
5° 12' 24.11 W
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Image of Carvannel Menhir by Mr Hamhead

..marks a gateway...but no evidence of there ever having been anything attached to the stone. Many other large stones lying around, especially in wall at top of field (just seen to right of stone)

Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Apr 29, 2008
Image of Carvannel Menhir by chris s

Carvannel Menhir at the moment of (re)discovery – as viewed from the immediate south western approach from the farm of the same name.

Image credit: CN Sawle
chris s
chris s Apr 14, 2008

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Carvannel Menhir

Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Apr 29, 2008

Having been asked by Chris to go and see what i thought, I duly obliged. Despite the fact that Chris had warned me about the confusion over footpaths I still went wrong! Parked on bend by telephone box just north of Penhal Vean. Footpath leads past a couple of farms and a flooded pit (nature reserve?)before splitting. Take the left hand side path, that helpfully isnt signposted but heads up through a gateway. Follow the left side hedge as it bends to the left going over a stile in a wire fence along the way.
The stone is hidden right up to the point you see it.

Like Chris I am still not totally convinced...but why should it not be? Why erect a huge lump like this for a gatepost when there are loads of other stones around that would have done just as good a job but without the effort?

Ocifant..your views next please.

Carvannel Menhir

chris s
chris s Apr 14, 2008

I think this is definitely a hitherto unrecorded menhir – and a gurt beauty it is too! Noticed it on a meander around the lesser known paths of the northern Carnmenellis district just last week. Some 7 feet high and more than 4 feet broad, it nestles near the boundary of Stithians and Lanner parishes on an underused and occasionally thicketed footpath down from the nearby Carvannel Farm – thought it was only fair to name it so.

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chris s
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