Cladh an Diseirt means ” The burial Ground of the Hermits” I would like to think this predates the Columbans and may have been a Druids Burial.
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Dr Borlase recorded ” the vulgar used to resort to this place at partricular times of the year,and payed to this stone more respect than was thought becoming of good Christians ” I wonder what they got up to.
Antiquarian excavation by F. Ware in 1913. Small scale excavations by George Smith in January 1983 in advance of development revealed traces of a terminal chamber with two or more cells. Report Smith 1989.
Was looking at the 1887 map of Yatborough and the public footpath at that time has Stones marked along it. No sign of any now though.
Etymology of Pitcorthie:- Pit meaning – Place, piece, portion or settlement.
Corthie from the Old Gaelic coirthe meaning standing stones.
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All the great stones in this area have these veins of quartz running through them. I wonder where they came from?
There are said to be two more stones up by the farm, also a cupmarked recumbent. This may be the remains of another four poster. I haven’t looked yet, maybe next trip.
The two black and white photos were taken in 1954/55 with a Brownie Box 620 when I was about eleven.The fences were eventually removed,they were badly damaged by hookers and slicers retrieving lost golf balls.
more pictures can be found on Nicks site.
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Etymology of Mulfra:- Late Cornish Moel Vrea, bare/domed hill.
The etymology of Boskawen-Un,Late Cornish:- The dwelling by the elder tree on the down.
Balkethly or Balkaithly means the Place of the Battle,Bal coming from Baile and nothing to do with Baal or Sidonites.
It is interesting to note that in Cornish the circles are known as Dauns Mein or stone dance, or as in the case of Trgaseal ,Daunsiow Mein -dancing stones.
In answer to Holy McGrail, if in Ireland or Scotland you found English Heritage signs over all your ancient sites you would probably do something similar. The Cornish are not English but a Brythonic race related to the Welsh and Bretons. There has been a response to this and there is now a Cornish Heritage trust.
This is on the right hand side of the road on the way to Men Gurta,just past St.Breock Downs Farm.
The local folk here call this the Crone Well,there must have been a resident Fey Wife here in the past.