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Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle is a prehistoric monument located in west Cornwall near Penzance. The stone forms part of the wider archaeological landscape associated with the Merry Maidens complex, which dates to the Bronze Age. As an isolated standing stone or menhir, it represents a category of monument commonly erected during the later Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age, though its precise date of construction remains uncertain. The stone's survival and its recorded position relative to the celebrated stone circle indicate its archaeological significance within this Bronze Age ceremonial landscape.
Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004359. View the official record →
Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle is a prehistoric monument located in west Cornwall near Penzance. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004359.
Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004359.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 300m south west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle (0.2 km), Boskenna Cross (0.4 km), Standing stone 410m south east of Boskenna Cross (0.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.