Kerrow

Nearest town:
Penzance (7km SE)
OS reference:
SW452373
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
50° 10' 48.66 N
Longitude:
5° 34' 10 W
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Image of Kerrow (Standing Stone / Menhir) by thesweetcheat

The two urns found near the foot of the stone, mentioned in Mark’s Miscellaneous post. Now in Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.6.2024)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 10, 2025

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Miscellaneous

Kerrow
Standing Stone / Menhir
pure joy
pure joy Jan 15, 2003

Kerrow menhir

SW452373 – I didn’t have chance to visit this but it’s mentioned in both Ian McNeil Cooke’s ‘Standing Stones of the Land’s End’ (1998 – Men-an-Tol Studio) and Craig Weatherhill’s ‘Belerion: Ancient Sites of Land’s End’ (Cornwall Books – 1981). A thick stout menhir 1.9/1.75m tall (accounts vary) stands in rough ground, and was excavated in 1935 by the West Cornwall Field Club. Near its foot two late Bronze Age urns (c1300-1000 BC) were uncovered, one placed inside the other on the East side of the stone on a small heap of charcoal, but no sign of cremation. Close by were traces of a late Bronze Age & early Iron Age settlement, of which two hut circles, along with their associated system of terraced fields, can still be seen. On private land.

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