Carn Kenidjack

Carn Kenidjack
Cyr~commonswiki · CC BY-SA 3.0

Carn Kenidjack is a 202-metre granite tor in Tregeseal, west Cornwall, covered in megaliths including the Tregeseal stone circles. The site anchors a Bronze Age ritual landscape, with the Kenidjack Holed Stones -- four large granite slabs with circular perforations aligned ENE-WSW at 67 degrees -- through which sunlight shines for approximately 20 consecutive days around the winter solstice, functioning as a rudimentary calendar. The nearby Tregeseal passage grave and stone circles also orient toward solstice events, suggesting Carn Kenidjack served as a focal point for seasonal ceremonies over millennia.

TypeMegalithic stones
Period< 4500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates50.1392° N, 5.6569° W

Related resources

More sites in England

Tregeseal East Stone Circle · Boswens Menhir · Chûn Quoit · Pendeen Vau · Chûn Castle · Bartinney Castle · Carn Euny · Chapel Carn Brea · Caer Bran · Ballowall Barrow · Brane Barrow · Sancreed Beacon · West Lanyon Quoit · Mên-an-Tol · Mên Scryfa · Lanyon Quoit · Bosiliack Barrow · Boscawen-Un · Boskednan Stone Circle · Carfury Standing Stone · Bosporthennis · Gurnard's Head · Maen Castle · Mulfra Quoit

All sites in England

Keep exploring

Every site on this page sits on the globe, and the people who research them are on the Discord.

3D Globe · Sites by country · Story Archive · Research Library · Weekly Journal · Search