Tregeseal East Stone Circle
Cornwall
Also known as the Tregeseal
Dancing Stones.
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A restored prehistoric stone circle around one mile northeast of the town of
St Just in the Penwith district of Cornwall.
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
The nineteen granite stones are also known as The Dancing Stones.
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Some say it
originally had around 19 stones in a ring approximately 22m in diameter.
Today thirteen silver-grey stones remain.
All the stones are about 1m high, the tallest
of which stands 1.3m. There is a vantage point on a large stone which makes
up part of a wall about 15m to the south west. From here the white stones of
the circle can be seen more clearly, even in the dense bracken.
Tregeseal is part
of a double circle, it's partner, Tregeseal (West) was set on an east-west
alignment but the later has now been destroyed and no longer visible. In many
cases there is a third but I can't find any record of another. (I
have come across Tregeseal Central recorded by aerial photography to the west).
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A copy of a diagram showing it pre restoration can be seen at
http://www.pznow.co.uk/historic1/stonecircles.html
Tregeseal holed stones is nearby at SW388326 -
a row of three
holed stones. Associated with this row are two other holed stones nearby. These
two stones are composed of different igneous rock. Both have been broken but now
are restored. See
http://www.pznow.co.uk/historic1/holedstones.html#Tregeseal%20Holed%20Stones%20SW388326
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See also
Our
section on stone circles
The discussion on the purpose of stone circles
Planning Grid
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Location: |
Tregeseal East Stone Circle,
Tregeseal, Cornwall |
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Grid Reference |
SW387324
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Map 203 |
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Multimap
Google maps aerial photograph |
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Getting there: |
Drive up through
the village to the end of the tarmac. Park and follow sign up track rather
than across fields on footpath. Pass the farm and hit the mud! The stones
are now surrounded by a good covering of bracken. |
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Some signs - Just past the farm on the right
is a plaque with an arrow pointing the way. |
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Roadside at end of tarmac road. |
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Website: |
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/celynog/Cornwall/tregeseal.htm |
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Opening times: |
Ppen at all times |
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none |
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none |
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No information, but no restrictions expected
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CIN Page Ref: |
tregeseal_east_stone_circle |
Date Updated:03/08 |
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