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The Pipers
Hob Uid: 422944
Location : Cornwall St. Buryan
Grid Ref : SW4348024750
Summary : Two Bronze Age standing stones, excavated by Borlase in 1871, but with no result.
More information : [SW 4355 2481] The Pipers (Longstones) [OE] (1) 'The Pipers' at Bolleit 'Excavations made under the tallest produced nothing'. (2) The Pipers of Boleigh, standing stones. Scheduled Ancient Monument. Listed under 'Burial Mounds and Megalithic Monuments'. (3) 'A' at SW 4348 2475, is the taller of the two, measuring 4.7m high and 0.9m square at the base. There are two longitudinal cracks down the NW side, and one down the SE side. See AO/60/340/1 (From the south). 'B' at SW 4355 2481, is 4.2m high and is of rectangular section, measuring 1.4m x 0.6m at the base. The stone leans to the NW. See AO/60/340/4 (from the north). (4) The Pipers (NAT) Standing Stones (NR) (5) Both stones were excavated by Borlase in 1871 with no result. (6) Scheduled under Magalithic Monuments. (7) The Pipers; both standing stones remain as described in 1960. Published 1/2500 survey correct. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1908.
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Source details : TB Cornish
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Source details : Lukis WC. 1885. Prehistoric Stone Monuments of Cornwall
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Source details : Ancient Monuments of England and Wales 1958 (MOW)
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Source details : F1 NVQ 29-OCT-60
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Source details : OS 6" 1968
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Source Number : 6
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Source Number : 6a
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Source details : Borlase WC. 1872. Naenia Cornubiae
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : DOE (IAM) Scheduled List 31.12.77
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : F2 MJF 07-OCT-85
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Standing Stone
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CO 44
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cornwall)
External Cross Reference Number : SW42SW51
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cornwall)
External Cross Reference Number : SW42SW52
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cornwall)
External Cross Reference Number : /052
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SW 42 SW 11
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1871-01-01
End Date : 1871-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1960-10-29
End Date : 1960-10-29

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1985-10-07
End Date : 1985-10-07

Historic England Research Records

The Pipers