Nine Stones of Altarnun

Nine Stones of Altarnun
Nine stones
Nine stones
Nine Stones of Altarnun is located in Cornwall
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Nine stones shown within Cornwall
Location: Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
Coordinates: 50°34′35″N 4°29′33″W / 50.576299°N 4.492585°W / 50.576299; -4.492585Coordinates: 50°34′35″N 4°29′33″W / 50.576299°N 4.492585°W / 50.576299; -4.492585
Architectural style(s): British pre-Roman Architecture
Three of the Nine stones

Nine stones, Nine stones of Altarnun or Altarnun stone circle is a stone circle located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south southeast of Altarnun, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Launceston on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, UK.[1][2]

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Description

Nine stones of Altarnun is English heritage managed property. It was restored in 1889 when only two remained standing. The circle is the smallest on Bodmin moor, only 49 feet (15 m) in diameter with eight granite stones forming the circle and one in the centre. A flat triangular shaped stone also lies at the base of one of the stones. The stones are irregularly spaces with the tallest being 4.2 feet (1.3 m). A gap in the north suggests where another stone may have stood.[2]

Archaeology

There are hut circles 550 metres (1,800 ft) to the northeast and another to the south.[3]

Alignments

Alexander Thom proposed a lunar alignment with a nearby stone row which leads towards some cairns, although this has been considered doubtful as the row is likely of medieval construction.[4]

Literature

References

  1. ^ William C. Lukis (1885). The prehistoric stone monuments of the British Isles: Cornwall. Printed for Nichols and Sons for the Society of Antiquaries. http://books.google.com/books?id=N6WbQAAACAAJ. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Alexander Thom; Archibald Stevenson Thom; Aubrey Burl (1980). Megalithic rings: plans and data for 229 monuments in Britain. British Archaeological Reports. pp. 81–. ISBN 9780860540946. http://books.google.com/books?id=T8IKAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA81. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
  3. ^ Aubrey Burl (2005). A guide to the stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. pp. 36–. ISBN 9780300114065. http://books.google.com/books?id=yhWFB1JAjWsC&pg=PA36. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
  4. ^ John Barnatt (1982). Prehistoric Cornwall: the ceremonial monuments. Turnstone Press. ISBN 9780855001292. http://books.google.com/books?id=-OWBAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 

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