The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall . ATo S>../r, S Sw faces and one fallen ; the line is north-east (N. 35°E.) and south-west ;all the stones are of quartz. The north-eastern stone (i) is prostrate andbroken, it measures 15 feet in length ; the tallest of those still standing(7) is 6 feet 7 inches high ; another (4) is broken off; No. 3 leans out-wards and is almost down. The accompanying sketch will give an ideaof the appearance of the stones. These nine monoliths cover a distanceof about 345 feet, with rather irregular intervals, and in line with them,800 yards up the hill
The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall . ATo S>../r, S Sw faces and one fallen ; the line is north-east (N. 35°E.) and south-west ;all the stones are of quartz. The north-eastern stone (i) is prostrate andbroken, it measures 15 feet in length ; the tallest of those still standing(7) is 6 feet 7 inches high ; another (4) is broken off; No. 3 leans out-wards and is almost down. The accompanying sketch will give an ideaof the appearance of the stones. These nine monoliths cover a distanceof about 345 feet, with rather irregular intervals, and in line with them,800 yards up the hill, there once stood a menhir of quartz, 7 ft. 6 , known as the Old Man or * Grey Man. This menhir was someyears ago thrown down by two men charged with the repair of the road,and it was broken up for road metal, but its shape and size can be seenfrom Lukis and Borlases drawing. The earliest historical reference is by Richard Carew, who thusdescribes the stones :— Wade bridge deliuereth you into a waste ground, where 9 long and great stones,called The siste
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