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Visited 09.09.22

Trehudreth Downs NW Menhir is a wide slab measuring c. 62 inches high and 51 inches wide, leaning c. 20° SE. There is a second stone set at right angles to the menhir. It is a triangular standing stone measuring c. 2 ft high. The site resembles the remains of a cist but there is no evidence of a surrounding cairn. Cornwall & Scilly HER list this monument as HER Number: 1669 (go to Links) providing a fuller description of Trehudreth Downs NW Menhir.

Visited 09.09.22

Trehudreth Downs Stone Setting / Row is c. 40 yards E of Trehudreth Downs W Cairn. A gorse bush has grown c. 5 feet NW of the standing stone obscuring it from most N & W approaches. The W standing stone leans c. 25° E reaching a height of 62 inches. The 2 recumbent stones lying E form the Arc of a Circle. Cornwall and Scilly HER Number: 3618 (go to Links) has further details of Trehudreth Downs Stone Setting.

Visited 09.09.22

According to Cornwall & Scilly HER Number: 1634 (go to Links) there are 3 cairns in Greenbarrow Downs Bronze Age Cairn Cemetery. Cornwall & Scilly HER Number: 1634.20 corresponds to Greenbarrow, a round barrow c. 150 yards SW listed separately in TMA. Cornwall & Scilly HER Number: 1634.30 describes a recently scheduled speculative stone mound located c. 35 yards NW of Greenbarrow. A grid search at SX 1303 7302 failed to find it amongst rough moorland tussocks. The remaining cairn, listed as Cornwall & Scilly HER Number: 1634.10 describes a round barrow at SX 1303 7302. Greenbarrow Downs NE is a grassy round barrow measuring c. 17 yards in diameter and 1.5 feet high with a central mound measuring c. 10 yards in diameter and 2 feet high. There is an Excavated Hollow in the centre of the cairn filled with reeds.

Visited 09.09.22

Greenbarrow was an obvious target on the SW horizon viewed from Greenbarrow NE Cairn. This impressive grass-covered barrow measures c. 25 yards in diameter with a central mound measuring c. 4 feet high. There is an earthfast Kerb Stone in the W Arc. There is also a large stone on the N Arc of the platform, possibly a displaced Kerb Stone. A ditch is visible between the Central Mound and the raised platform on the N Arc. The hollow centre of the barrow has irregular excavation pits.

Greenbarrow is listed as Cornwall & Scilly HER Number: 1634.20 (go to Links), part of a Bronze Age cairn cemetery. The NGR is recorded as SX 1298 7294.

Visited 09.09.22

I spent a pleasant afternoon surveying cairns, stone rows and standing stones on Greenbarrow & Trehudreth Downs. I found Trehudreth Downs W Cairn, a round grassy mound with an irregular surface measuring c. 20 yards in diameter and 3 feet high. There is the footprint of a stone structure measuring c. 5x4 yards in the E Arc of the cairn. It is located at SX 12475 72749.

Visited 09.09.22

I spent a pleasant afternoon surveying cairns, stone rows and standing stones on Greenbarrow & Trehudreth Downs. I found Trehudreth Downs E Cairn, a round grassy mound with an irregular surface measuring c. 7 yards in diameter and 2 feet high. It is one of 6 sites listed on Historic England List Entry Number: 1005458 (go to Links). It is located at SX 12676 72864.

Visited 09.09.22

I spent a pleasant afternoon wandering Trehudreth Downs. I was successfully searching for cairns but also stumbled on this short stone row running WSW-ENE. The stones were low lying and difficult to locate in rough moorland. Upon consulting my GPS I noted that this was the W end of a long stone row. At the time I couldn’t locate its remaining portion. The Stone Rows of Great Britain includes Trehudreth Down (go to Links). Stone 19 (SX 12464 72955) and Stone 13 (SX 12499 72967) gives the full range of the stones I found.