Boscawen-Un

Boscawen-Un
Jim Champion · CC BY-SA 3.0

Boscawen-Un is a Bronze Age stone circle near St Buryan in Cornwall, England [1]. It comprises nineteen upright stones arranged in an ellipse with a leaning central stone just south of the centre [1]. The circle has a west-facing gap that likely served as an entrance [1]. The ellipse measures approximately 24.9 by 21.9 metres (82 by 72 ft) [1]. Located at grid reference SW412274, it is one of the prehistoric stone circles in Cornwall [1].

TypeStone circle
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates50.0904° N, 5.6195° W

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