- Nine Stones of Altarnun
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Nine stones
Nine stones 
Nine stones shown within CornwallLocation: Bodmin Moor, Cornwall Coordinates: 50°34′35″N 4°29′33″W / 50.576299°N 4.492585°WCoordinates: 50°34′35″N 4°29′33″W / 50.576299°N 4.492585°W Architectural style(s): British pre-Roman Architecture 
Three of the Nine stonesNine stones, Nine stones of Altarnun or Altarnun stone circle is a stone circle located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south southeast of Altarnun, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Launceston on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, UK.[1][2]
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Description
Nine stones of Altarnun is English heritage managed property. It was restored in 1889 when only two remained standing. The circle is the smallest on Bodmin moor, only 49 feet (15 m) in diameter with eight granite stones forming the circle and one in the centre. A flat triangular shaped stone also lies at the base of one of the stones. The stones are irregularly spaces with the tallest being 4.2 feet (1.3 m). A gap in the north suggests where another stone may have stood.[2]
Archaeology
There are hut circles 550 metres (1,800 ft) to the northeast and another to the south.[3]
Alignments
Alexander Thom proposed a lunar alignment with a nearby stone row which leads towards some cairns, although this has been considered doubtful as the row is likely of medieval construction.[4]
Literature
- William Borlase (1754). Observations on the antiquities, historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall ...: Consisting of several essays on the first inhabitants, Druid-superstition, customs, and remains of the most remote antiquity, in Britain, and the British Isles ... With a summary of the religious, civil, and military state of Cornwall before the Norman Conquest .... Printed by W. Jackson, in the High-Strand. http://books.google.com/books?id=-IqUQAAACAAJ.
- William Copeland Borlase (1872). Naenia Cornubiae: the cromlechs and tumuli of Cornwall. Llanerch. ISBN 9781897853368. http://books.google.com/books?id=u-eBAAAAMAAJ.
- William C. Lukis (1885). The prehistoric stone monuments of the British Isles: Cornwall. Printed for Nichols and Sons for the Society of Antiquaries. http://books.google.com/books?id=N6WbQAAACAAJ.
- Aubrey Burl (2005). A guide to the stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300114065. http://books.google.com/books?id=yhWFB1JAjWsC&pg=PA32.
References
- ^ William C. Lukis (1885). The prehistoric stone monuments of the British Isles: Cornwall. Printed for Nichols and Sons for the Society of Antiquaries. http://books.google.com/books?id=N6WbQAAACAAJ. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ a b Alexander Thom; Archibald Stevenson Thom; Aubrey Burl (1980). Megalithic rings: plans and data for 229 monuments in Britain. British Archaeological Reports. pp. 81–. ISBN 9780860540946. http://books.google.com/books?id=T8IKAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA81. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ Aubrey Burl (2005). A guide to the stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. pp. 36–. ISBN 9780300114065. http://books.google.com/books?id=yhWFB1JAjWsC&pg=PA36. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ John Barnatt (1982). Prehistoric Cornwall: the ceremonial monuments. Turnstone Press. ISBN 9780855001292. http://books.google.com/books?id=-OWBAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
External links
- Pastscape - Nine stones of Altarnun
- Illustrated entry in the Megalithic Portal
- Illustrated entry in the Modern Antiquarian
- Map sources for Nine Stones of Altarnun
Geography of Cornwall Unitary authorities Major settlements Bodmin • Bude • Callington • Camborne • Camelford • Falmouth • Fowey • Hayle • Helston • Launceston • Liskeard • Looe • Lostwithiel • Marazion • Newlyn • Newquay • Padstow • Par • Penryn • Penzance • Porthleven • Redruth • Saltash • St Austell • St Blazey • St Columb Major • St Ives • St Just-in-Penwith • St Mawes • Stratton • Torpoint • Truro • Wadebridge
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- Stone Age sites in England
- Neolithic
- Bodmin Moor
- History of Cornwall
- Stone circles in England
- Archaeological sites in Cornwall
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- Visitor attractions in Cornwall
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