Kenidjack perforated bricks
The Kenidjack Holed Stones (also called Tregeseal holed stones) are a series of stones in St Just, northeast of Tregeseal , in west Cornwall in England .
The row of 0.8 to 1.4 m high perforated stones, possibly improperly re-erected because it was crooked, is at Tregeseal. Four stones are standing, a fifth has fallen over and broken. Another perforated stone is located in the northwest. One of the stones is not perforated. The holes are approximately 8.0 cm in diameter.
Perforated stones are upright stones or plates that contain a round hole. They are considered to be Bronze Age (2500–1600 BC) as many of them are associated with Bronze Age sites. They are often associated with legends of fertility and healing.
The Carn Kenidjack outcrop hill is nearby.
See also
literature
- John Barnatt: Prehistoric Cornwall. The Ceremonial Monuments. Turnstone Press, Wellingborough 1982, ISBN 0-85500-129-1 .
- Ian McNeil Cooke: Standing Stones of the Land's End. Men-an-Tol Studio, Penzance 1998, ISBN 0-9512371-9-5 .
- Robin Payne: The Romance of the Stones. Cornwall's Pagan Past. Alexander Associates, Fowey 1999, ISBN 1-899526-21-8 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '10 " N , 5 ° 39' 13.3" W.