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Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 18 May 2017 Page Views: 2527

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Leskernick
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Launceston Nearest Village: Bolventor
Map Ref: SX18717980
Latitude: 50.589711N Longitude: 4.562527W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

2 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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**Leskernick SE** submitted by thecaptain : Leskernick 1 stone circle seen here in its entirety, looking towards the northwest. Leskernick Hill, with its very well preserved ancient settlement is beyond, in front of which is the second Leskernick stone circle (which can be made out in the original picture). The stone row starts near the fairly large cairn, which can be seen here as the darker green mound in front of the hill, and run... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Near to the eastern edge of Bodmin Moor, north of the A30, a multitude of ancient sites can be found at Leskernick.

On the saddle of land between Leskernick Hill to the northwest and Beacon Hill to the southeast, two stone circles can be found, between then a large cairn and a long stone row leading off to the northeast.

On the slopes of Leskernick Hill are the remains of a couple of ancient settlements each with multitudes of hut circles and enclosures. There are several cairns and cists, and near the top of the hill a propped rock.

The walk out to Leskernick is fairly long, but in good conditions is fairly level and easy from Westmoorgate, but it can be very boggy in the wet while in bad visibility it would be very easy to get disoriented.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is an introductory page for the whole of the Leskernick megalithic complex, there is not a separate stone circle at this location.
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**Leskernick Quoit** submitted by TheCaptain : On top of Leskernick Hill, at the Quoit. Thats the magnificent Brown Willy behind, with the tops of Roughtor peeking above the ridgetop to the right. (**4 comments** - Vote or comment on this photo)

**Leskernick Hill cairn** submitted by TheCaptain : A walk round the Leskernick Hill cairn in April 2017. Viewed here looking west towards Brown Willy (Vote or comment on this photo)

**Leskernick 2** submitted by DavidShepherd : Some of the edge-set stones and the crack-seal ridge are fairly clear.

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36m WNW 302° Leskernick cairn* Cairn (SX18687982)
163m ENE 57° Leskernick Hill Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX1884979885)
177m NW 311° Leskernick NW* Stone Circle (SX18587992)
194m SE 144° Leskernick SE* Stone Circle (SX18827964)
410m W 272° Leskernick cist* Cist (SX18307983)
411m WNW 297° Leskernick Hill Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX18358000)
524m NW 306° Leskernick 2* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1829880125)
588m NW 311° Leskernick Quoit* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1827980202)
673m NW 323° Leskernick Hill cairn* Cairn (SX18328035)
920m S 169° Trezelland stone setting* Standing Stones (SX18857889)
1.0km NNE 25° Westmoor Cairns* Cairn (SX19178070)
1.0km ESE 109° The Beacon Cist* Cist (SX19667944)
1.1km ESE 117° The Beacon Cairns* Cairn (SX19677928)
1.1km SE 130° Elephant Rock* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX19557905)
1.7km NE 40° West Moor Possible Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX1987081077)
1.8km ENE 57° Westmoorgate circle* Stone Circle (SX20258073)
1.8km NE 52° Westmoorgate cairn* Cairn (SX2020680866)
1.9km SW 228° Catshole Quoit* Chambered Tomb (SX17227856)
2.1km SW 223° Catshole Downs long cairn* Chambered Cairn (SX172783)
2.2km SSW 195° Tolborough Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX1807877741)
2.2km NW 325° Buttern Hill Cairns* Cairn (SX17478167)
2.3km SSW 210° Tolborough Tor Cairn* Cairn (SX175779)
2.3km SSW 209° Tolborough Tor stone row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX17547787)
2.4km N 3° Bray Down Cairns* Cairn (SX18908216)
2.6km NW 315° Buttern Hill row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX1695681658)
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