Boscawen-Ûn Stone Circle
Late Neolithic – Bronze Age·Penwith Bronze Age·🇬🇧 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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About Boscawen-Ûn Stone Circle
Boscawen-Ûn Stone Circle in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Penwith Bronze Age. Notable circle with inclined central stone and northeast quartz stone, folklore Beehive. Surveys document interior and comparative analysis.
Why it mattersImportant Penwith Bronze Age megalithic of the Cornwall, England region
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology
- 02Landscape organisation
Theories
- 01Ceremonial aggregation
- 02Subsistence base
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2500 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic – Bronze Age
- Culture
- Penwith Bronze Age
- Purpose
- 19-stone circle with central leaning pillar and quartz alignment
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Antiquarian survey
On the ground
Structures & features
50.0900° N · 5.6190° W · 120 m · 3 mapped features
Boscawen-Ûn Stone Circle — Main Chamber
chamberPrimary chamber
50.0902° N · 5.6189° WBoscawen-Ûn Stone Circle — Kerb/Circle Stones
circleCircuit stones
50.0898° N · 5.6188° WBoscawen-Ûn Stone Circle — Outlier
standing stoneAssociated outlier stone
50.0905° N · 5.6192° W