Mên-an-Tol

The Mên-an-Tol is a small formation of standing stones in Cornwall [1]. The Mên-an-Tol consists of three upright granite stones: a round stone with its middle holed out with two standing stones to each side, in front of and behind the hole [1]. The two side stones are both about 1.2 metres high [1]. The westernmost stone was moved and brought into a straight line with the other two stones sometime after 1815 [1]. The holed stone is roughly octagonal in outline [1]. It is 1.3 metres wide and 1.1 metres high; the circular hole is 0.5 m in diameter [1]. The Mên-an-Tol is thought to date to either the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age [1]. In 1749 the site was first archaeologically investigated by William Borlase, who also drew a plan [1].