Specialised editor for Garmin Automotive units. 2007-05-31T01:27:58Z 0.00 2007-05-31T01:27:58Z Lanyon Quoit Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall . It stands next to the road leading from Madron to Morvah . In the 18th century, the structure was tall enough for a person on horse back to stand under. The capstone rested at 7 feet high with dimensions of 9 feet by 17.5 feet weighing 13.5 tons. The monument is thought to be a burial chamber; perhaps a mausoleum. In 1815, Lanyon Quoit was torn down by a storm. Nine years later enough money was raised by local inhabitants to re-erect the structure. During the storm one of the uprights was broken in half. Thus, there are only three uprights today and the structure does not stand as high as it once did. Before the collapse of the structure, it was said to be aligned with the cardinal directions (North, South, East, and West). This gives historians and archaeologists reason to believe that the structure was used for ritual activity. <hr><center> For further information - see the VisitCornwall! web-site: <a href="http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk/">http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk</a> Email:tourism@cornwallenterprise.co.uk <hr> This Point-of-Interest File was created using GeePeeEx Editor by Phil Hornby. The text and image(s) are from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanyon_Quoit">Wikipedia.</a> <a href="http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com">http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com</a></center> <hr> Information SymbolAndName Off the Madron-Morvah Road Penzance Cornwall England 01872 322900 0.00 2007-05-31T01:27:58Z Men-an-Tol The Men-an-Tol is a small formation of standing stones near the Madron-Morvah road in the Penwith area of Cornwall , United Kingdom It is about 3 miles north west of Madron. It is also known locally as the "Crick Stone". It consists of three upright granite stones: a wide stone with its middle holed out with two cuboid stones to each side, in front of and behind the hole. When seen at an angle from one side, the stones form a three-dimensional "101" (see picture). These stones might have been the entrance to some now vanished tomb. It is possible that they were part of some ancient calendar. Local legend claims that if at full moon a woman passes through the holed stone seven times backwards, she will soon become pregnant. Another legend is that passage through the stone will cure a child of rickets (osteomalacia). For centuries, children with rickets were passed naked through the hole in the middle stone nine times. Its curative powers actually are reflected in its name. <hr><center> For further information - see the VisitCornwall! web-site: <a href="http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk/">http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk</a> Email:tourism@cornwallenterprise.co.uk <hr> This Point-of-Interest File was created using GeePeeEx Editor by Phil Hornby. The text and image(s) are from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_an_Tol">Wikipedia.</a> <a href="http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com">http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com</a></center> <hr> Information SymbolAndName Madron Penzance Cornwall England 01872 322900 0.00 2007-05-31T01:27:58Z Merry Maidens The circle, which is thought to be complete, comprises nineteen granite megaliths and is situated in a field alongside the B3315 between Newlyn and Land's End . The circle is approximately twenty-four metres in diameter, with the tallest stone standing 1.4 metres tall. Stones are regularly spaced around the circle, with a gap or entrance at its exact most easterly point. Interpretation The standard interpretation of prehistoric stone circles is that they were used for ritual purposes, and the same applies to the Merry Maidens. This interpretation is based on lack of evidence for more mundane activities. That the stones are placed at the cardinal points of the compass might also suggest an astronomical or calendar function, perhaps relating to the agricultural year. The 19 stones at the Merry Maidens is the same as, or similar to, the number of stones at other circles in the Penwith region - it has been suggested that 19 would have been an important number for a people who celebrated the path of the moon through the great lunar cycle. Myth and legend The local myth about the creation of the stones suggests that nineteen maidens were turned into stone as punishment for dancing on a Sunday. (Dans Maen translates as Stone Dance.) The pipers, two megaliths some distance north-east of the circle, are said to be the petrified remains of the musicians who played for the dancers. A more detailed story explains why the Pipers are so far from the Maidens - apparently the two pipers heard the church clock in St Buryan strike midnight, realised they were breaking the sabbath, and started to run up the hill away from the maidens who carried on dancing without accompaniment. These petrifaction legends are often associated with stone circles, and is reflected in the folk names of some of the nearby sites, for example, the Tregeseal Dancing Stones , the Nine Maidens of Boskednan , as well as the more distant Hurlers and Pipers on Bodmin Moor. It is likely that these tales were encouraged by the early Christian Church to prevent old pagan habits continuing at the sites. <hr><center> For further information - see the VisitCornwall! web-site: <a href="http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk/">http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk</a> Email:tourism@cornwallenterprise.co.uk <hr> This Point-of-Interest File was created using GeePeeEx Editor by Phil Hornby. The text and image(s) are from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_maidens">Wikipedia.</a> <a href="http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com">http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com</a></center> <hr> Information SymbolAndName Off the B3315 Penzance Cornwall England 01872 322900 0.00 2007-05-31T01:27:58Z Mulfra Quoit The name Mulfra is derived from the Cornish for bare and hill, it is a bit bleak but the views make it well worth it. Mulfra is a closed box quoit. The capstone has collapsed and currently leans on the supporting stones. Currently there are three supporting stones but appears that originally there were four. The Quoit was initially surrounded by a two foot high stone barrow of 120 feet in circumference. The barrow suffered from stone robbing and now only vestiges of a round barrow exist. Mulfra Quoit has been excavated, but there are no finds of consequence. <hr><center> For further information - see the VisitCornwall! web-site: <a href="http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk/">http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk</a> Email:tourism@cornwallenterprise.co.uk <hr> This Point-of-Interest File was created using GeePeeEx Editor by Phil Hornby. The text and image(s) are from Wikipedia. <a href="http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com">http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com</a></center> <hr> Information SymbolAndName Mulfra Penzance Cornwall England 01872 322900 0.00 2007-05-31T01:27:58Z Tregeseal Stone Circle Tregeseal East is a heavily restored prehistoric stone circle around one mile northeast of the town of St Just in the Penwith district of Cornwall , United Kingdom. The nineteen granite stones are also known as The Dancing Stones. It is the one surviving circle of three that once stood aligned along an east-west axis on the hillside to the south of Carn Kenidjack. <hr><center> For further information - see the VisitCornwall! web-site: <a href="http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk/">http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk</a> Email:tourism@cornwallenterprise.co.uk <hr> This Point-of-Interest File was created using GeePeeEx Editor by Phil Hornby. The text and image(s) are from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tregeseal_stone_circle">Wikipedia.</a> <a href="http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com">http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com</a></center> <hr> Information SymbolAndName St Just Cornwall England 01872 322900 0.00 2007-05-31T01:27:58Z Boskednan Stone Circle Boskednan stone circle is a partially restored prehistoric stone circle, around 4 miles (6 kilometres) northeast of the town of Penzance in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom . The megalithic monument is traditionally known as the Nine Maidens or Nine Stones of Boskednan, although the original structure may have contained as many as 22 upright stones around its 69 metre perimeter. <hr><center> For further information - see the VisitCornwall! web-site: <a href="http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk/">http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk</a> Email:tourism@cornwallenterprise.co.uk <hr> This Point-of-Interest File was created using GeePeeEx Editor by Phil Hornby. The text and image(s) are from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boskednan_stone_circle">Wikipedia.</a> <a href="http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com">http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com</a></center> <hr> Information SymbolAndName Penzance Cornwall England 01872 322900 0.00 2007-05-31T01:27:58Z Chysauster Chysauster Ancient Village is a Romano-British village of courtyard houses in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom , which is in the care of English Heritage. To the south east is the remains of a fogou, an underground structure of uncertain function. The village was believed to have been constructed and occupied between 100 BC and 400 AD; it was primarily agricultural and unfortified and probably occupied by members of the Dumnonii tribe. The village included eight stone dwellings, arranged in pairs along a street, each with its own garden plot. The houses are oval shaped and around 28 metres long. Their walls survive to heights of up to 3 metres. Small chambers lead off from the main courtyards of each house which served as working and living areas. A field system in the vicinity attests to the site's farming connections. The nearby hill fort of Castle-an-Dinas may have been a contemporary refuge for the occupants of the village in times of strife. It has been excavated on many occasions, and some of the reinstatement work which has been carried out over the years has been unsympathetic. Several sections of the village were incorrectly reinstated in the wake of previous excavations. Controversy over the site The fogou nearby was filled in by English Heritage in the 1980s in an attempt to prevent it from caving in, a move which was unpopular with the local community. In the 1990s, archaeologist Craig Weatherill questioned the then head of English Heritage, Lord Montagu, about the agency's treatment of the fogou. Lord Montagu defended his organisation and Weatherill was not satisfied. It should be noted that English Heritage was not the only modern agency to affect the Chysauster site; negligent reinstatement work in the wake of earlier excavations resulted in the incorrect placement of some stone walls. In 1999 there was some further controversy regarding this site and others under the care of the English Heritage organisation. Members of a pressure group, the Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament, removed several signs bearing the English Heritage name. <hr><center> For further information - see the VisitCornwall! web-site: <a href="http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk/">http://www.visitcornwall.co.uk</a> Email:tourism@cornwallenterprise.co.uk <hr> This Point-of-Interest File was created using GeePeeEx Editor by Phil Hornby. The text and image(s) are from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chysauster">Wikipedia.</a> <a href="http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com">http://GeePeeEx.googlepages.com</a></center> <hr> Information SymbolAndName Between Penzance and St Ives. Cornwall England 01872 322900