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As you come past Rock Valley on the way towards Boscastle ther is a little place called Trethevey.At the edge of the road by the lane to Trewethett farm is this stone. It has an information plaque calling this King Arthur's Quoit. It is said to be the cap stone of a Dolmen, the supporting stones removed for gateposts. It is also known as Trethevey Quoit.
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What a beautiful day to be here, it was cold but perfect. I am not one who minds circles being reconstructed as long as it is faithful. The imprint of what happened in these places is still here to be found. We stayed here all afternoon forgetting we had to get back to the car. It was dark when we got to Froggymead which was bathed in bright silver moon light, Oh for a better camera.
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I scurried in here on a very wet day to take this photo. Didn't stay long.
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This is an easy stone to find, it sits in a little fenced enclosure by the field wall about 20mtrs from the road.The nettles are vicious so take a stick.
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This is a delight. I didn't read Greywether's account , wish I had. Got hopelessly lost, found an old railway track scaled the embankment with the help of saplings and was rewarded with this.
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As Stubob says, a bit of a disappointment. I'm not sure what I was expecting but maybe they've sunk or shrunk.
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I parked up by the farm and walked back, got wet feet in the grass but not a prob. These are great stones and must have been quite a sight when intact.
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This stone stands against a wall on the pavement in the village of Penrafelin and is about 3.5 mtrs tall.
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Someone must have told the farmer that I was coming, he filled the field with cows and their young.
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Not easy to photograph, you either have to risk life and limb in the middle of a very busy road or clamber on top of the hedge wall. It's big.
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You come past the castle bearing round to the right. After about 1 km there is a lane on the left. Find somewhere to park and walk up the lane to a gate. Follow the path on the left to another gate. A few mtrs past the gate is a stile on the left. Go over and turn right along the hedge tro the burial chamber.
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I was given the wrong OS ref for this and searched a very large very overgrown field to no avail. I dejectedly went back to my car and drove back along the road. I happened to glance to my right as I passed a heap of household rubbish and glimpsed the stones peeping out of the undergrowth. These are very strange stones that appear to bow to each other. If you are near Laleston give them a visit.
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I have been meaning to visit this for some time, I only live 12 miles away in Bradley Stoke. Why are we reluctant to look in our own backyard?
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This was a beautiful day and I have wanted for a long time to visit this Stone, and it was well worth it.So here it is Rhiannon in all its glory.
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I have been meaning to stop here for a closer look for a long time.I am usually traveling too fast here. It must have been a very large barrow at one time. It was 50mtrs long and 17mtrs wide, there were three chambers one of which is exposed.
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It needs to be a dry day to appreciate this.It is quite a steep walk from the stile and is a bit boggy. It is well worth the effort to get here. The stone is about 6ft high and 3 and a half ft wide and very surprising only 10ins thick. Although you cannot see Maen Mawr this stone seem in alignment.
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The carved rocks here are fantastic but the setting is not the best I have been to.The folk here don't seem to care very much about it.It is a typical housing estate.
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To get to the dolmen you take Stoke Road by the water Tower, down Stoke Hill follow the road past the shops and up Druid Hill.The second to last house before you reach Druid Stoke Avenue on the left is the one you want.
Remember this is a private house and access must be asked for,it would be a shame if the gates were kept shut.
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I liked this stone, although it is re-erected it has a certain ambience. If you have a chance to talk to the farmer he (for a Cornishman) gets quite chatty about it.
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This forlorn Sarsen was (allegedly) pillaged from the now destroyed Mill Barrow (SU094722) and used to mark the Rev. Brinsden's grave. I see from Rhiannons' post that it may have been the capstone!
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This picture was taken on a very cold day on Aarhus Strand in Denmark.
I was brought up at Lundin Links in Fife so standing stones have always been in my life. My mother was a freelance reporter for the old Weekly Scotsman and she searched out any thing she could about ancient Scot/pictland, we of course went searching with her.
We moved to Cornwall and found as many stones there and because we were Scots were immediately part of the community.
I now live in Bristol a good centre for archive study and from here easy access via m-ways to all areas. What a great hobby, you never get bored-only cold and very wet.
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