Images
Looking northeast.
Looking northwest.
The stones of Treen Common, with a backdrop of Hannibal’s Carn.
July 2012
July 2012
July 2012
Showing the sloping nature of the site.
The stones of the northwestern side.
Looking north from the tallest stone.
Looking south across the “circle” to the tallest stone.
The north-western arc, disappearing in autumn bracken and grass.
The tallest of the remaining standing stones from the “circle”.
Looking south-west. Mulfra barrows are just over the horizon.
Treen Common “circle” looking north-west towards Carn Galva and Watch Croft. Not the best time of year to see this!
Articles
I have been here a couple of times before, but I was aware that CASPN had been due to carry out one of their volunteer-assisted clear ups, so I was hopeful that it would be easier to make out some of the stones. And so it proved to be. I am still unconvinced by this as a stone circle. It bears no real similarity to the four marvellous stone circles that can still be seen in West Penwith. It’s much bigger in diameter and the stones do not seem to have been carefully selected for their aesthetic quality. On the other hand, the stones all stand alone, none of them are placed contiguously with the others. The solitary stone on the south side wouldn’t be out of place in a “proper” stone circle. To my mind, this seems more likely to have been an Iron Age enclosure or pound, now largely robbed away to leave a ring of individual stones.
In a ruinous state it may be, but this circle caught my eye as I drove past. Situated in wet moorland, there are signs that a fire destroyed all the surrounding grassland a while back, exposing this beauty! I’ve lost count of the stones, but there’s a good few!! There’s a strong energy here, not as much as others, but the power of the land is obvious. Very close to the road, but far enough away to sit and drift....
Enjoy it... I do, regulary.
Sites within 20km of Porthmeor (Treen Common)
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The Beacon (Zennor)
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Treen Entrance Graves
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Bosporthennis Quoit
photo 17 forum 2 description 3 link 1 -
Bosporthennis 'Beehive Hut'
photo 42 forum 2 description 9 link 1 -
Bodrifty Barrows
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Kerrow
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Pennance
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Porthmeor Roundhouses
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Porthmeor Fogou
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Mulfra Hill round barrows
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Bodrifty Iron Age Settlement
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Hannibal’s Carn
photo 3 description 1 -
Porthmeor
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Little Galva
photo 4 description 1 -
Bodrifty Reconstruction
photo 2 forum 1 description 1 link 1 -
Mulfra Quoit
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Mulfra Hill
photo 3 description 1 -
Kerrowe Menhir
photo 4 description 2 -
Boskednan Cairn
photo 31 description 4 -
Nine Maidens of Boskednan
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Carn Galva
photo 23 description 6 -
The Four Parish Stone
photo 7 description 3 -
Boskednan Southern Cairn
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Mulfra courtyard houses
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Venton Bebibell
photo 4 description 1 -
Men Scryfa
photo 48 description 13 link 1 -
Bosigran Settlement
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Trye
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Gurnard’s Head
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Try
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Men-An-Tol
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Giant’s Rock
photo 8 description 3 -
Watch Croft
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Watch Croft
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Ding Dong lane
photo 9 description 1 -
Conquer Downs
photo 10 description 2 -
Burnt Downs Holed Stone
photo 2 description 1 -
Carfury
photo 15 description 5 -
Lanyon
photo 6 description 1 -
Bosigran Cliff
photo 30 description 2 -
Bosiliack Barrow
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Foage
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Zennor Quoit
photo 92 forum 3 description 14 -
Crankan courtyard settlement
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Lanyon Quoit
photo 114 forum 1 description 18 link 1 -
Sperris Quoit
photo 24 description 3 -
Chysauster Village
photo 81 description 6 link 1 -
Trevean North
photo 5 -
Trevean Round
photo 7 description 1 -
Sperris Croft
photo 12 description 3 -
West Lanyon Quoit
photo 7 description 5 -
Wicca Round
photo 1 description 1 -
Trevowhan
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Madron Holy Well
photo 18 description 13 -
Kerrow Bosullow
photo 2 description 1 -
Tonkins Downs
photo 9 -
Trendrine Hill
photo 18 description 3 -
Noon Digery banjo enclosure
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The Giant’s Grave (Morvah)
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Bosullow Trehyllys Courtyard House Settlement
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Castle-an-Dinas (Nancledra)
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Crofto
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Towednack Double Armed Cross
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Chûn
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Chun Castle
photo 47 description 4 -
Trewern Round
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Trewern
photo 8 description 2 -
Chûn Quoit
photo 97 forum 2 description 16 link 1 -
Chypraze
photo 14 forum 1 description 1 -
Rosemorran
photo 3 description 2 -
Rosemorran Fogou
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Higher Downs
photo 2 -
Tremayne
photo 6 description 3 -
Higher Bodinnar Fogou
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Boswens Croft
photo 35 description 2 -
Rosewall Hill
photo 6 description 3 -
Bosvenning Common
photo 10 description 1 -
Trink Hill
photo 5 description 4 -
Portheras Common Barrow
photo 30 description 3 -
Chy-Gwidden Round
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Lesingey Round
photo 12 description 1 -
Pendeen Vau
photo 26 forum 1 description 9 -
Wheal Buller Menhir
photo 10 description 3 -
Boslow Stone
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Lescudjack Castle
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Carn Kenidjack
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Botrea Barrows
photo 18 description 1 -
Tregeseal Holed Stones
photo 56 description 2 -
Lower Boscaswell Fogou
photo 15 description 4 -
Truthwall Common
photo 42 description 2 -
Carn Bean barrow
photo 4 description 2 -
Tregeseal
photo 104 forum 3 description 19 link 2 -
Trencrom Hill Well
photo 3 description 1 -
Higher Botallack
photo 3 description 2 -
Trencrom Hill
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Hailglower Farm
photo 1 description 1 -
Giant’s Well
photo 1 description 1 -
Sancreed Beacon
photo 30 description 2 -
Sancreed Holy Well
photo 18 description 13 -
Tregeseal Entrance Grave
photo 11 description 1 -
The Bowl Rock
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Beersheba
photo 14 description 5 -
Boswarthen Holed Stone
photo 3 description 1 -
Drift Stones
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Ennis Farm
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Faugan Round
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Botallack
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Caer Bran
photo 24 forum 1 description 3 -
Tresvennack Pillar
photo 12 description 1 -
The Blind Fiddler
photo 55 description 9 -
Carbis Bay Longstone
photo 5 description 4 -
Bartinne Castle Enclosure
photo 11 description 4 -
Carn Euny Fogou & Village
photo 118 forum 2 description 21 link 3 -
St Euny’s Well
photo 22 description 5 -
The Selus Stone
photo 5 description 1 -
Bosworlas Lehau
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Goldherring
photo 9 description 1 -
Chyenhal
photo 11 description 2 -
Kerris
photo 13 description 3 -
Sheffield Menhir
photo 5 description 1 -
Boscawen-Un hedge
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Brane
photo 30 description 9 -
The Fairy Well
photo 6 description 3 -
Numphra
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Boscawen Menhir
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Creeg Tol
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Brane Long Barrow
photo 7 description 3 -
Tom Thumb Rock
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Tredinney Barrow
photo 19 description 1 -
St. Michael’s Mount
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Paul Celtic Cross
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Kenidjack Castle
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Boscawen-Un (footpath)
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Boscawen-Ûn
photo 139 forum 6 description 33 link 4 -
Changwens Menhir
photo 3 description 1 -
Kenidjack Cairn Circle
photo 11 description 1 -
Trelew Menhir
photo 16 description 3 -
Redhouse
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Toldavas
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Little Brea
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Chapel Carn Brea North
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Chapel Carn Brea
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Carn Gluze
photo 73 forum 2 description 9 -
Pridden
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Chapel Carn Brea long cairn
photo 13 description 2 -
Cape Cornwall
photo 14 description 2 -
Trevelloe Carn
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Letcha
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Merlin’s Rock and the Mousehole
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Boscregan
photo 28 description 2 -
Trevorgans Menhir
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Castallack
photo 7 description 2 -
Castallack 2
photo 6 description 2 -
Castallack Round
photo 5 description 3 -
Castallack Carn
photo 6 description 2 -
Carnsew
photo 9 -
Nanjulian
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Tregiffian Vean
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Boleigh Fogou
photo 48 forum 4 description 16 link 2 -
Swingate
photo 9 description 3 -
St Erth Round
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Treveneague Fogou
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The Pipers (Boleigh)
photo 83 description 9 -
Kemyel
photo 5 description 3 -
The Merry Maidens
photo 125 forum 2 description 30 link 1 -
Kemyel 2
photo 3 description 1 -
Tregiffian
photo 61 description 14 -
Gun Rith Menhir
photo 34 forum 2 description 10 -
Choone
photo 6 description 4 -
Escalls Cliff
photo 11 description 2 -
Alsia Holy Well
photo 7 description 5 -
Phillack Towans
photo 4 description 1 -
Boscawen-Ros
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Trevear
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Treverven
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Table Mên
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Mayon Standing Stone
photo 3 description 1 -
Cudden Point
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Castle Kayle
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Sennen
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Mayon Cliff
photo 28 description 4 -
Maen Castle
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Treryn Dinas
photo 49 forum 1 description 15 link 1 -
Godrevy Barrow
photo 17 forum 1 description 3 -
Godolphin Hill
photo 6 description 1 link 1 -
St. Levan’s Stone
photo 9 description 5 -
Pordenack Point
photo 18 description 2 -
St. Levan’s Well
photo 7 description 1 -
Connor Downs
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Carn Les Boel
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Roskestal West Cliff
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Castle Pencaire
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Gear Round
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Tregonning Hill
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Hudder Down
photo 10 description 1 -
Trewavas Cliff
photo 14 description 3 -
Camel Rock
photo 5 description 1 -
The Hood
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Drym Round
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Tregear Round