St Breock Downs Longstone, Cornwall UK
N 50° 28.758 W 004° 51.945
30U E 367625 N 5593586
A standing stone in Cornwall UK.
Waymark Code: WM3TA0
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/15/2008
Views: 19
This prehistoric stone is perhaps of middle to late Bronze Age (2000 to 600 BC). The stone originally stood in a setting of quartz pebbles associated with a cairn, which was not used for burials. It was originally 4.92 metres high but was damaged and it’s height reduced. Weighing an estimated 16.5 tons it is the heaviest in Cornwall.
The monument figurers in local folklore as a medieval and later meeting place. It was later adopted as a St Breock parish boundary stone marker.
Type: Menhir
Number: 1.00
Size: Weight 6.5 tons - heaviest in Cornwall
Height approx 3.8 meters
Purpose: In folklore a medieval and later meeting place - later Parish boundary marker for St Breock
Parking: Not Listed
Source: Not listed
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