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HER Number:	30302
Name:	BURRAS - Bronze Age standing stone

Summary

A standing stone approx 3.8m high, recorded in 1906 at about which time it was re-erected in a socket stone.

Grid Reference:	SW 6799 3442
Parish:	Wendron, Kerrier, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument CO78: Burras standing stone

Other References/Statuses

OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW63SE 1
Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30302
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW63SE 5

Monument Type(s):

STANDING STONE (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Full description

A standing stone in a field east of the main road at Burras is recorded by Cornish in 1906 (b1), and is marked on the OS map of 1963 (b3). The OS who surveyed the monument at 1:2500 in 1970, record that the stone, apparently of prehistoric origin, is approximately 3.8m high and is mounted in a rectangular granite slab measuring 2.0m by 1.4m, with a 0.6m square socket. The base suggests a C19 restoration and that the menhir is not necessarily in situ (h1). Tangye in 1971 records the re-erection of the stone in a large pit during the early 1900s by the brothers Pearce with the use of a steam engine, in the presence of Sir George Smith, the owner of the land (b4). The menhir is a Scheduled Monument (b6) and is marked on the OS map of 1975 (b5).

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Site history:
1: 1970. FLETCHER, MJ/OS
2: 1979. SHEPPARD, PA/DOE
3: 1984. SHEPPARD, PA/DOE
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<1> Page, W (Editor), 1906, Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, VOL I, 372 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4068.

<2> Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, VOL I, 202 (Unpublished document). SCO3503.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<4> TANGYE, M, 1971, THE REGRETTABLE DESTRUCTION OF A LEGEND, NO 5, 4 (Unedited Source). SCO8120.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<6> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

<7> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO4068 - Bibliographic reference: Page, W (Editor). 1906. Victoria History of the County of Cornwall. VOL I, 372.
[2]	SCO3503 - Unpublished document: Henderson, C. 1914. Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities. MS At RIC. VOL I, 202.
[3]	SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.
[4]	SCO8120 - Unedited Source: TANGYE, M. 1971. THE REGRETTABLE DESTRUCTION OF A LEGEND. CAS NEWSLETTER. NO 5, 4.
[5]	SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.
[6]	SCO5181 - Bibliographic reference: Sheppard, PA (for DOE). 19--. Scheduled Monument Description. HBMC / English Heritage.
[7]	SCO5181 - Bibliographic reference: Sheppard, PA (for DOE). 19--. Scheduled Monument Description. HBMC / English Heritage.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded

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