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| Location | Bodmin Moor, Cornwall |
| Architectural style(s) | British pre-Roman Architecture |
The Trippet stones or Trippet stone circle is a stone circle located on Manor Common in Blisland, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south southwest of Bodmin on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, UK.[1]
Description
The circle is situated on nearly level ground and has a diameter of 104.6 feet (31.9 m). It is made of eight upright granite stones with two others that have fallen.[2] The stones are spaced on average around 12 feet (3.7 m) apart, the highest measuring 5.2 feet (1.6 m). The fallen stones are 6.8 feet (2.1 m) and 5.2 feet (1.6 m) long. William Lukis suggested there may originally have been as many as twenty six menhirs that suffered at the hands of stone-breakers. Aubrey Burl suggested twenty eight, set up on opposite facing pairs and suggests the name represents the folklore belief that the stones were girls punished for tripping lightly on the sabbath.[3] The Stipple stones are visible around 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) eastwards over boggy ground.[1]
Archaeology
The Trippet stones have not been excavated however H. St. George Gray excavated the nearby Stipple stones in 1905 and found a few flint flakes and an entrance from this facing southwest, directly towards the Trippet stones.
Alignments
Norman Lockyer noted an eleven degree alignment between Trippet stones and Leaze stone circle, but suggested if this alignment were to mean anything, it would have to be with regards stellar rising alignments as it is outside of the sun's path.[4]
Literature
- William Borlase (1754). Observations on the antiquities, historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall ...: Consisting of several essays on the first inhabitants, Druid-superstition, customs, and remains of the most remote antiquity, in Britain, and the British Isles ... With a summary of the religious, civil, and military state of Cornwall before the Norman Conquest ... Printed by W. Jackson, in the High-Strand.
- William Copeland Borlase (1872). Naenia Cornubiae: the cromlechs and tumuli of Cornwall. Llanerch. ISBN 9781897853368.
- William C. Lukis (1885). The prehistoric stone monuments of the British Isles: Cornwall. Printed for Nichols and Sons for the Society of Antiquaries.
- Aubrey Burl (2005). A guide to the stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300114065.
References
- ^ a b William C. Lukis (1885). The prehistoric stone monuments of the British Isles: Cornwall. Printed for Nichols and Sons for the Society of Antiquaries. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ Aubrey Burl (2005). A guide to the stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. pp. 37–. ISBN 9780300114065. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ James Dyer (2001). Discovering Prehistoric England. Osprey Publishing. pp. 35–. ISBN 9780747805076. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ Norman Lockyer (April 2003). Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 36–. ISBN 9780766151628. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
External links
- Cornwall's Archaeological Heritage - field guide to accessible sites - Trippet stones
- Illustrated entry in the Megalithic Portal
- Illustrated entry in the Modern Antiquarian
- Map sources for Trippet stones
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