Travelling Light Off Duty · @picturemojo
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Simon · @skatterlings
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@Vibracobra23
Lanyon Quoit was one of the few antiquities I managed to reach on a wet, windy day three weeks ago!

#penwith #kernow #cornwall #archaeology

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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Mayon Cliff Entrance Grave near Land's End in the far west of Cornwall. Photographed from the east-south-east on 10 July 2004.

#mayoncliff #landsend #penwith #cornwall #kernow #megaliths #TombTuesday

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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#120 Ian Cooke - Antiquities of West Cornwall: Guide One - The Men-an-Tol Holed Stone and Other Nearby Ancient Sites. Men-an-Tol Studio, Penzance, 1993, 2nd edition.

#menantol #cornwall #kernow #penwith #archaeology #megaliths #ianmacneilcookecooke #StandingStoneSunday #bookoftheday

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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The small menhir near Gew Mine on Trink Hill in Lelant, West Penwith in Cornwall, photographed from the south on 12th June 2004.

#lelant #cornwall #kernow #gewminemenhir #penwith #megaliths #menhirs #StandingStoneSunday

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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I've just published a brand new set of four postcards featuring reproductions from late-Victorian lantern slides showing some of the prehistoric monuments of Penwith in Cornwall. If they sell alright then I'll consider doing a few other sets too. Full details at cornovia-press.wikidot.com/pos

#cornwall #kernow #penwith #postcards #megaliths #archaeology #photography

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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Boswens Menhir, a standing stone on Boswens Common on the moors above St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. Photographed from the west on 5 May 2003.

#boswensmenhir #stjust #penwith #cornwall #kernow #StandingStoneSunday

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Palden Jenkins · @PaldywanKenobi
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Here's a map of the ancient sites of West Penwith.

google.co.uk/maps/d/u/0/viewer

Click on any site on the map for further information about it.

I did this map over a six year period, starting 2015.

#Penzance #Cornwall #ancientsites #archaeology #penwith

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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Bosporthennis Quoit, a collapsed dolmen or chambered tomb with part of its surrounding mound remaining, near Porthmeor in the parish of Zennor in West Penwith, Cornwall. Photographed from the south-east on 21 August 2004.

#dolmens #megaliths #bosporthennis #penwith #cornwall #kernow #TombTuesday

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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#92 P.A.S. Pool - Antiquities of Penwith: The Land's End Peninsula. Penwith District Council, Penzance, 1978, 1st edition.

#penwith #kernow #cornwall #antiquities #archaeology #paspool #penwithdistrictcouncil #StandingStoneSunday #bookoftheday

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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#87 Lieut-Col F.C. Hirst - A Brief Account of the Porthmeor Excavations of 1933 to 1934, and of the Proposed Programme in 1935. Cornwall Excavations Committee, 1935, 1st Edition.

#porthmeor #zennor #penwith #cornwall #excavations #archaeology #fchirst #bookoftheday

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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#86 J.T. Blight - List of Antiquities In the Hundreds of Kirrier and Penwith, West Cornwall: With References to the Works In Which They Are Described and Figured. Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro, 1862, 1st edition.

#jtblight #antiquities #archaeology #penwith #kerrier #cornwall #royalinstitutionofcornwall #bookoftheday

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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Carfury Menhir, near Mount Whistle by Marazion in West Cornwall. Photo taken from the south-east on 15 May 2004.

#carfurymenhir #marazion #cornwall #penwith #megaliths #StandingStoneSunday

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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Bosiliack Barrow, a small entrance grave or chambered tomb near Boswarthen in West Penwith, Cornwall. Photo taken from the south-east on 5 July 2003.

#entrancegraves #bosiliackbarrow #penwith #cornwall #TombTuesday

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Chris Bond · @Vibracobra23
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Chûn Quoit, a dolmen or chambered tomb on Chûn Downs in West Penwith, Cornwall, photographed from the south-south-east on 25th August 2003.

#chunquoit #dolmens #penwith #cornwall #TombTuesday

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Peter · @Quanglewangle
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It is a great spot @JaneAgain. Part of the coastal moors that run along the North of .
This is the view north, back to the road and the sea.

#penwith

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Peter · @Quanglewangle
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The three objects in a line along the top are from the left: Alnath, Mars, and Aldebaran. Just right and up from Aldebaran is the Pleiades cluster.
The reddish star up and right of top of utility pole is Betelgeuse.
2030z looking east from . 1s exposure.

#Pendeen #astronomyOnMobilePhone #penwith #darksky

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Peter · @Quanglewangle
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Left from top of utility pole, Aldebaran then Mars.
Looking east from about 19:00z

#Pendeen #astronomyOnMobilePhone #penwith #darksky

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Peter · @Quanglewangle
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comet summer 2020.
Looking north. Comet is lower center. Plough constellation top right for reference. Not sure what dumbbell shaped object in lower part of picture is

#astronomyOnMobilePhone #NEOWISE #penwith #darksky

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Dr Laura Hodsdon · @laurhod
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Starting the day with a entrance grave on Chapel Carn Brea near St Just

#nationaltrust #penwith #archaeology #cornwall #neolithic

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