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Boleigh Stone Circle
Hob Uid: 423062
Location : Cornwall St. Buryan
Grid Ref : SW4375024550
Summary : Possible site of a Bronze Age stone circle. According to documentary evidence, the circle had a diameter of '30 paces' and consisted of seven stones, four of which were still upright in the 18th century. It seems to have been destroyed later than 1861.
More information : SW 43752455. Approximate site of part of stone circle. (1) There is no trace of any part of a stone circle. The field has been cleared and cultivated and on adjacent hedge has been effaced. Many massive boulders have been pushed against the surviving field hedges. (2) Russell (1) notes two stone circles in St Buryan recorded by Borlase (1740) - Boleigh and Tregurnow - which she seems to regard as one and the same site. Russell only provides an NGR, for Tregurnow, although she surrounds it with question marks and it is not clear where she got it from. Using the same references, Barnatt (3) sites Boleigh circle at SW 4314 2444 and states that it stood a short distance to the WSW of Merry Maidens (record 422900). Boleigh circle had a diameter of `30 paces' and consisted of 7 stones, 4 still upright in the 18th century. It seems to have been destroyed later than 1861. (3) Tregurnow stone circle is thought to have stood at SW 4375 2455, where until 2006 two stones were stood. See record XXX (4)

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Source details : Miscellaneous Extracts Drawings & Prints MS 45 (2) Penzance Library
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Source details : Blight JT. 1862. List of Antiquities in Kerrier & Penwith
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Source details : Halliwell JO. 1861. Rambles in West Cornwall
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Source details : Borlase W. Parochial Memoranda. Ms Egerton 2657 21
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Source details : F1 MJF 07-OCT-85
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Source details : Stone Circles of Britain 1989 (J Barnatt)
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Source details : Historic Environment Record for Cornwall 28212 [accessed JUL-2014]
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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 : Stone Circle
Evidence : Uncertain Evidence, Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cornwall)
External Cross Reference Number : SW42SW47
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cornwall)
External Cross Reference Number : 28212
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SW 42 SW 39
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Relationship type : General association

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

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Boleigh Stone Circle