IDNO

P.9692.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Holed stone. Cornwall.

A woman, possibly Kathleen Haddon?, standing behind the Men-an-Tol (Holed Stone) at Madron, Cornwall. [JD 29/10/2008]

Place

Europe British Isles; United Kingdom; England; Cornwall; Madron; Men-an-Tol

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

?Kathleen Haddon [later Kathleen Rishbeth]

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Context: “Men-an-Tol, Madron. (Holed stone. Early Bronze Age.)
A holed stone with two uprights at either end. The name Mên-an-Tol means stone with a hole in Cornish. Perhaps originally part of a stone circle or Chamber Tomb. Crawling through the hole is reputed to cure infertility and rickets.The site is believed to be the remains of a double chambered Tomb, the hole forming the link between adjacent chambers.” [Source: Cornwall Online Heritage Trails, www.cornwall-online.co.uk, JD 29/10/2008]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 29/10/2008]