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thesweetcheat
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Re: Hurrah, Cornwall.
Sep 05, 2015, 18:00
Lucky you, hopefully there will be some settled sunny weather for you.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/region/412/cornwall.html

I can't help much with Bodmin Moor because public transport is essentially non-existent but plenty of others on here know it well. I can heartily recommend Fernacre and Stannon stone circles that I finally managed to get to this summer.

For west Cornwall, most of the best-known sites are relatively easy to access. All four West Penwith circles are very special and very different to each other (Tregeseal, Boskednan, Boscawen-un, Merry Maidens). Merry Maidens has a car park (yuck) and a bus stop (yay). Lanyon Quoit is the easiest of the four most complete ones, but Chun and Zennor are much better places to visit. Bit of uphill to them though and Zennor can be tricky to find in mist if you've not been before.

Staying in St Agnes, the Beacon has some cairns - not the best examples but it's a very good viewpoint and is visible for many miles around.

A bit SSW (and possibly on your way to Halligye) is the recently restored and very easy to access Carwynnen Quoit. If you've never seen one, it's in a unusual low-lying position but is the one I'd recommend if ease of access and impressiveness of monument are your considerations.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1721/carwynnen_quoit.html

Obviously will look forward to your notes and pics!

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