Tresvennack Pillar

Nearest town:
Newlyn (2km ENE)
OS reference:
SW442279
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
50° 5' 43.33 N
Longitude:
5° 34' 37.63 W
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Image of Tresvennack Pillar (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Rhiannon

From a photograph of the urns, which were kindly reassembled by some patient Ladies.
From WCB’s Naenia Cornubiae (1871).

Image credit: William Copeland Borlase
Rhiannon
Rhiannon Sep 7, 2012

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Tresvennack Pillar
Standing Stone / Menhir
pure joy
pure joy Jan 16, 2003

Tresvennack Pillar menhir

SW442279 – Considered by Craig Weatherhill (in ‘Belerion: Ancient Sites of Land’s End’ – Cornwall Books – 1981) to be one of the finest Cornish menhirs, this stone is 3.5m tall and set 1.2m into the ground. On private land, presumably that of Tresvennack Farm.

It was excavated by the farmer in 1840 who discovered a large stone slab, covering a pit, buried 60cm to the south of the stone. The pit contained 2 middle Bronze Age urns, one of which was extremely large and held cremated human bones. Ash and cremated remains were scattered throughout the pit. A smaller urn contained a powdery substance. Both urns can apparently be seen in the museum at Penlee House, Penzance.

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