"Menhir" is the Cornish name for these stones meaning "Long Stone" from men = long and hyr meaning stone)
A must see web resource is Standing Stones of the Land's End Peninsula by Ian McNeil Cooke (2002/07) - A study of the menhirs of West Penwith, Cornwall, UK. Online at: https://www.ancientpenwith.org/menhirs/index.html
(November 24, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone, though known locally for some time previously, was first brought to scientific notice in 1929 by Mr. C. Daish of Southampton. It is now built into the outside face of an outhouse on the farm of Lancarffe, about 2 miles north of Bodmin.
It is made of granite having an exposed surface dimension of 6′ 2″ × 0′ 9″
(November 24, 2025) Macalister reports that an earlier author named Langdon (1902, in Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist 8 : 50) described this stone as being "found leaning against the outside of the churchyard wall, near its southeast corner with its narrow end resting in the roadway and its wider end against the wall." In November 1896 it was erected where it now stands, inside the churchyard, on the right-hand side of the entrance. A small Christian cross (formerly built into the chancel wall) was mounted incongruously on top of it and trimmed on the sides to fit the dimensions of the runestone.
The inscribed stone is a four-sided shaft of granite, now standing 6' 7" above ground. According to Langdon it was 10' 7" in total length with a maximum cross-section of 1' 5" x 1' 4" tapering to 1' 11" x 0' 7" at the top.
(November 25, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was being used as a post for the third gate on the left-hand side on the road to Bodmin from Venn Cross Roads.
A human figure seems to have been drawn at the top although that is not really complete enough to draw any conclusions.
This stone is a granite pillar being 4′ 7″ × 1′ 0″ × 0′ 9″
(November 25, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was formerly used as a gatepost inside a cart-shed on the farm of Welltown but it is now secured to the wall of the shed outside and protected with a railing. The inscription pocked and rubbed on the face is in good condition but is covered with moss and lichen so that it cannot be rubbed or photographed.
It is made of granite being 4' 6" x 1' 0" x 0' 10"
(November 25, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was built into the west face of the church at the southwest corner. The church was erected in or about 1828. The previous location of the stone is unknown.
The stone is a slab of grit being 4' 8" x 1' 8" x 0' 7"
(November 25, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was standing at the end of a foot - bridge called Blue (otherwise Blew or Bleu) Bridge crossing a small stream. It is on the right bank of the stream and the inscription is on the side facing it. This was cut and rubbed, but is worn and clogged with lichen. In Borlase's time the stone served as the bridge, which sufficiently accounts for its worn condition. He gives its total length then as 7' 9".
It is made from a block of granite being 4' 11" x 1' 9 1/2″ × 0' 10"
Drawing by William Page which is more complete than what appears in Macalister.
(November 25, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found in 1885 in the chancel wall of the church. It stands upside down, outside the church, beside the west end of the south aisle.
It is made of granite being 4′ 5″ × 1′ 5 1/2″ × 1′ 1/2"
(November 25, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found laying in the churchyard beside the south porch broken into two pieces. It had previously been built, upside down, into the wall of an old house near the west end of the church. It is now inside the building set upon a modern stone base at the west end of the S. aisle.
(November 26, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found standing in the churchyard near the entrance gate by A. G. Langdon.
It is made of red granite being 4′ 2″ x 1′ 3″ × 0' 10"
(November 26, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found by Mr. F. H. Nicholls of Lewannick in 1894 in two fragments, one built into the east wall and the other built into the north wall of the north porch of the church. The fragments were taken out and were fitted together leaning against the end pier of the south arcade inside the church.
The stone is a block of grit being 4′ 5″ × 1' 1" × 0' 11"
The ogham text on either side of the runic text are mirror images which is unusual.
(November 26, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone is (locally known as "Men Scryfa" meaning "written stone" It was found standing on a moorland close to a power-station post. The stone was thrown down by treasure-hunters, who apparently found nothing. It was lying prostrate when Borlase wrote about it in 1789 describing it as being 9' 10 " in (total) length. It was re-erected about 1862 (according to Victoria Co. Hist . 1 : 410). The inscription is cut on the northern face of the stone and is in good condition.
It is made of granite being 6′ 8″ × 1' 10" x 1′ 3″
(November 28, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found standing at a crossroads in the middle of the village.
It is made form a block of granite being 6' 6" x 1' 5".
This stone has an illustration on the bottom showing the 3 levels of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm. At the top are the source powers. In the middle is the sky-shell, and at the bottom is an abstract representation of a human representing earth or the mortal-realm.
(November 28, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was discovered by Borlas (1789) being used as a footbridge over a stream. It bore the name " Slaughter Bridge." He tells us further that "the present Lady Dowager Falmouth, shaping a rough kind of hill about 100 yards off into spiral walks, removed this stone from the place where it served as a bridge, and building a low piece of Masonry for it's support, plac'd it at the foot of her improvements, where it still lyes in one of the natural grotts of the hill."
These "improvements have gone the way of all their kind. A masonry bridge now has the name of "Slaughter Bridge" and the stone now lies about half a mile up-stream from this structure on the right bank of the stream. A rough flight of rock-cut steps leads down to the stone. Macalister found it impossible-to discover a standpoint from which the whole inscribed surface could be photographed.
Locally the stone now bears the name " King Arthur's Stone" because some think they see the name "Arthur" in the text.
It is a block of grit being 9′ 8″ × 2′ 3″ x 1' 10"
(November 28, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was found standing south of the church against a shed. The church of Phillack was rebuilt in 1856 and the stone was discovered in the foundation of the old building.
It is a granite pillar being 5′ 3″ × 1' 6" x 1' 0" having highly weathered runes.
(November 28, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was at one time used as a gatepost on the farm of Nanscowe. Most recently it was standing in a small coppice on the left side of the garden road leading to the farmhouse.
The stone is made of granite being 4′ 0″ × 1′ 2″ × 0′ 10″
(November 28, 2025) Macalister reports that this stone was first noticed in 1754 serving as a gatepost at the entrance to the Vicarage of St. Clement's. It now stands, and has stood for some considerable time, inside the entrance gate.
It made from granite being 9' 0" x 1' 4" x 1' 2"
Originally, this stone had ogham on either side of the runic text but most of the ogham was chipped away giving a wavy shape to the stone.
The top of this stone shows an equilateral Druid cross representing astrology magic. This derives from an earlier form of the "T" letter and Tu means "astrology magic."
