Name: | Madron [Also: Lanyon] | CISP No: | MADR1 |
Place: | Morvah | Grid Ref: | SW 4268 3530 (GB) |
Parish: | Madron | Stones: | 1 |
County: | Cornwall (Kernow) , England | Saint(s): | none |
Site Type: | landscape setting |
Macalister/1945, 445: `standing on a moorland close to a power-station post'.
Okasha/1993, 174: `The stone is now in a field on a moor'.
Thomas/1994, 286: `stands in a field near the northern edge of the granite uplands. It has been a landmark for centuries'.
From the OS Explorer 9 map it can be seen that within a 1.5km radius of the stone lie a number of prehistoric standing stone monuments including the Nine Maidens Stone Circle and the Mên-an-tol.
The site is near the parish boundary between Madron and Morvah.