Holed stones

Holed stones is an archaeological site in Sancreed, Cornwall, England. Holed stones is situated near the archaeological site Hut enclosure, as well as near the peak Carn Kenidjack.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Carn Kenidjack and Tregeseal East stone circle.

Carn Kenidjack

Peak

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carn Kenidjack is a hill in Tregeseal, Cornwall, UK. It is covered in megaliths including Tregeseal East stone circle. A tale is told that two miners returning home one night witnessed a wrestling match near Carn Kenidjack, which was presided over by the Devil.

Tregeseal East stone circle

Archaeological site

Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Tregeseal East stone circle is a heavily restored prehistoric stone circle around one mile northeast of the town of St Just in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Tregeseal East stone circle is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Holed stones.

Chûn Quoit

Archaeological site

Photo: Jim Champion (treehouse1977), CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chûn Quoit is one of the best preserved of all Neolithic quoits in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Chûn Quoit is located in open moorland near Pendeen and Morvah. Chûn Quoit is situated 1 mile northeast of Holed stones.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tregeseal and Carnyorth.

Tregeseal

Hamlet

Tregeseal is a hamlet in a valley 0.72 miles northeast of the town of St Just, Cornwall, UK and is within the parish of St Just. Nearby is Tregeseal East stone circle grid reference SW 38236 31869.

Carnyorth

Hamlet

Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carnyorth is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately one mile south of Pendeen and six miles northwest of Penzance. It is in the civil parish of St Just in Penwith.

Trewellard

Village

Photo: Renouk, Public domain.

Trewellard is a small village on the north coast road between St Just and St Ives in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 road.

Holed stones

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Sancreed, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.13604° or 50° 8′ 10″ north

Longitude

-5.65367° or 5° 39′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C2P48PW+CG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14231855201

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hut enclosure and Busvargus and Tregeseal Common.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Boslow and Hailglower Farm.

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