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SITES DESCRIBED (click on sites to see illustration - not all yet completed)

WALK ONE

Site 1 Zennor Church and Crosses 1    2    3

Site 2 Zennor Quoit

Site 3 Sperris Quoit

Site 4 Bishops Head and Foot

Site 5 Chysauster

Site 6 Castle-an-Dinas Hillfort

Site 7 Towednack Church and Crosses 1     2

WALK TWO

Site 8 Men-an-Tol Holed Stone 1 & 2

Site 9 Men Scryfa Inscribed Stone

Site 10 Four Parish Stone

Site 11 Boskednan Stone Circle (Nine Maidens) before and after restoration (2004)

              nearby Barrow

Site 12 Bodrifty Iron Age Settlement

Site 13 Mulfra Quoit 1 & 2

Site 14 Mulfra Courtyard Houses

Site 15 Ding Dong Mine

Site 16 Bosiliack Barrow and winter sunrise

Site 17 Lanyon Quoit and full moonset

Site 18 West Lanyon Quoit

WALK THREE

Site 19 Carn Galva

Site 20 Bosigran Cliff castle

Site 21 Gurnards head Cliff Castle

Site 22 Chapel Jane

Site 23 Treen Barrows

Site 24 Bosporthennis Quoit

Site 25 Bosporthennis Beehive Hut

WALK FOUR

Site 26 Bosullow Trehyllys Iron Age Settlement

Site 27 Chun Castle Iron Age Hillfort

Site 28 Chun Quoit

Site 29 Lower Boscaswell Fogou exterior and interior

and Well

Site 30 Pendeen Fogou exterior, interior 1 & 2, and rab-cut chamber

Site 31 Morvah Holy Well and Church

Site 32 Watch Croft Barrows and Menhir

WALK FIVE

Site 33 St.Just Church and Crosses 1     2     3      4

and wall painting

Site 34 Plen-an-Gwary

Site 35 Bollowall Barrow

Site 36 Cape Cornwall

Site 37 Kenidjack Cliff Castle

Site 38 Botallack and Levant Mines

Site 39 Carn Kenidjack

Site 40 Kenidjack Holed Stones

Site 41 Tregeseal Stone Circle

Site 42 Tregeseal Barrow

WALK SIX

Site 43 Sancreed Church and Crosses 1     2    3     4     5

Site 44 Sancreed Well and Chapel

Site 45 Brane Cross

Site 46 Caer Bran Iron Age Hillfort

Site 47 Chapel Euny Holy Well (1989)

Site 48 Carn Euny Iron Age Settlement 1 & 2, and Fogou exterior   interior 1 & 2

top of subterranean round chamber before it was covered over

Site 49 Brane Barrow

Site 50 Boscawen-un Stone Circle and centre stone and quartz stone

WALK SEVEN

Site 51 Treryn Dinas Iron Age Cliff Castle

Site 52 Porth Chapel Holy Well

Site 53 St.Levan Church and Crosses 1   2   3

Site 54 Rospletha Cross

WALK EIGHT

Site 55 St.Buryan Church and Crosses 1     2     3

Site 56 Choone Cross

Site 57 Gun Rith Menhir

Site 58 Tregiffian Barrow

Site 59 Nun Careg Cross

Site 60 Merry Maidens Stone Circle

Site 61 The Pipers Standing Stones

Site 62 Boleigh Fogou

Site 63 St.Loy Chapels

Site 64 Boskenna Cross    detail

Site 65 Portheras Barrow

Site 66 Boslow Inscribed Stone

Site 67 Bosworlas Rocks

Site 68 Bartinne Enclosure

ADDITIONAL SITES

Site 69 Maen Cliff Castle (and Barrows)

Site 70 Carn Les Boel Cliff Castle

Site 71 Pennance Barrow

Site 72 Treen Circle

Site 73 Porthmeor Iron Age Settlement and Fogou

Site 74 Chapel Carn Brea

Site 75 Castallack Iron Age Round

Site 76 Faughan Round

Site 77 Lesingey Iron Age Round

Site 78 Trencrom Iron Age Hillfort

Site 79 Alsia Holy Well

Site 80 Madron Holy Well and Chapel

First printed in 1987 and reprinted in 1993, a completely revised edition was published in 1996 and printed in Cornwall; this new paperback Journey contains 232 pages (244 by 184mm) sewn in sections to avoid the common problem of pages breaking away from the spine; over 40 photographs in colour and 29 in black and white, plus a wealth of line illustrations, maps and diagrams.

[ISBN 0-9512371-7-9]

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

"We have in Cornwall rocks of that grandeur, remarkable shape, and surprising position, as can leave no doubt that they must have been the deities of people addicted so much to the superstition of worshiping rocks." [Dr.W.Borlase Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall, 1769]

The writing of this book was inspired by a fascination with the many remains left behind by the prehistoric inhabitants of this remote and magical peninsula of Land's End in which I am fortunate to have made my home, and by a personal love for the countryside in which these ancient monuments are to be discovered. I decided to write a second edition of Journey to the Stones since there have been many footpath improvements and alterations since the first edition was published eight years ago; in addition I wanted to include all major sites in the area to make a comprehensive guide and have listed all standing stones and stone crosses.

The idea of structuring the book around a series of walks stems from my belief that it is only by experiencing the local landscape on foot that a deep and intimate acquaintance with this unique peninsula can be attained. Eight circular walks are described in detail but there is ample scope for the less energetic to shorten, combine, or otherwise amend routes to suit individual abilities and desires; wherever practicable I have made use of footpaths rather than using a possibly shorter route by road in the hope that this will prove to be both more interesting and at the same time help to keep tracks open for others to use. Walkers with limited time to spare are recommended to take the Mermaid to Merrymaid Walk Nine which joins parts of the other walks by a series of link routes, and I have catered for the non-motorist by giving details of public transport to the various walk starting points.

The absurdity of attempting any explanation of prehistoric sacred sites without some basic understanding of the pre-Christian religions which inspired their construction - it would be like writing a guide to cathedrals and churches but totally ignoring Christianity - means that readers will find much about the 'old religion' within these pages as well as archaeological descriptions of sites dating from the Neolithic 'New Stone Age' to the emerging kingdoms of the post-Roman Dark Ages.

Ian McNeil Cooke

Winter Solstice 1995

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