Old Man of Gugh
The Old Man of Gugh is the only archaeologically investigated menhir ( Engl. Standing Stone) of the Isles of Scilly . It dates from the Bronze Age and stands on "Kittern Hill" on the Island of Gugh , ( Cornish Keow ) an island in the Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall in England .
The old man from Gugh is made of granite . It stands a little crooked and is about 2.7 meters high. It is not the highest, the Mount Flagon Menhir is 2.8 m high. The Long Rock Menhir is 2.5 m high. Both love St Mary’s .
There are five entrance tombs on Kittern Hill , of which Obadiah's Barrow (about 300 m east of Old Man) was excavated in 1901 by George Bonsor. He also dug around the base of the Old Man but found nothing there.
literature
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '44.1 " N , 6 ° 19' 52.8" W.