Mulfra Hill

Nearest town:
Penzance (5km SE)
OS reference:
SW45183532
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
50° 9' 44.64 N
Longitude:
5° 34' 6.24 W
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Image of Mulfra Hill (Standing Stone / Menhir) by thesweetcheat

Looking along one of the ancient field boundaries revealed by the burning.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.6.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 19, 2012
Image of Mulfra Hill (Standing Stone / Menhir) by thesweetcheat

On our way up the southern slopes of Mulfra Hill we came across a rock outcrop that has been augmented, to form a small square roofless chamber with walling on one side and an upright slab blocking off the end. No idea what sort of age this has, but it’s clearly man-made.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.6.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 19, 2012
Image of Mulfra Hill (Standing Stone / Menhir) by thesweetcheat

The southern slopes of Mulfra Hill, revealed by an extensive gorse fire in March 2012. The standing stone is in the area west (left) of the path that can be seen as a lighter diagonal line across the slope. G/F is probably not far from it, as she approaches the quoit.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.6.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 19, 2012

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Mulfra Hill
Standing Stone / Menhir
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 19, 2012

Recent (Spring 2012) extensive burning of gorse on the southern slopes of Mulfra Hill has revealed a probable prehistoric field system. A fallen standing stone was recorded on the slopes by William Copeland Borlase in 1872 and mentioned in Vivian Russell’s 1971 West Penwith Survey.

I didn’t know about the stone on our recent visit, so didn’t look for it. It is mentioned in issue 78 of the excellent Meyn Mamvro magazine (which is when I realised what I’d missed).

The stone lies somewhere to the west of the path running up the hill from Mulfra courtyard houses to Mulfra Quoit.

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