Boscawen-Un
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Boscawen-Un is a Bronze age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK.
It consists of 19 upright stones in an ellipse with diameters 24.9m and 21.9m, with another, leaning, stone just south of the centre. There is a west-facing gap in the circle, which may have formed an entrance.
The leaning stone aligns exactly with the centre stone at the Mên-an-Tol and the church at nearby St Buryan. While this may conceivably be coincidental, the precision of the alignment suggests an intentional positioning of the three structures in relation to each other.
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[edit] Cornish Gorseth
The Gorseth Kernow was inaugurated here in 1928. An old Welsh triad mentions one of the three principal gorseddau of the Island of Britain as "Beisgawen in Dumnonia", which was taken to refer to Boscawen-un by the Gorseth's founders.
It is located at grid reference SW412274
[edit] Gallery
 Boscawen-Un stone circle looking north near St Buryan |
 Boscawen-Un stone circle looking west near St Buryan |
 Boscawen-Un stone circle looking north-east near St Buryan |
 Stones in the southeast quadrant of Boscawen-Un stone circle |
 The leaning central pillar at Boscawen-Un |
[edit] See also
Other prehistoric stone circles in the Penwith region
- The Merry Maidens
- Tregeseal East - also known as the Tregeseal Dancing Stones
- Boskednan - also known as the Nine Maidens of Boskednan
[edit] References
- Burl, Aubrey (2000). The stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press, Chapter 9. ISBN 0-300-08347-5.
- Cope, Julian (1998). The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain. HarperCollins, p. 164. ISBN 0-7225-3599-6.
- Weatherhill, Craig (2000). Cornovia: Ancient sites of Cornwall and Scilly. Cornwall Books. ISBN 1-871060-31-1.
- Weatherhill, Craig (1995). Cornish Place Names & Language. Sigma Leisure. ISBN 1-85058-462-1.
[edit] External links
- Boscawen Un stone circle site page on The Megalithic Portal
- Boscawen Un stone circle site page on The Modern Antiquarian
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