Men-An-Tol Holed Stone

My second Blip from our New Years Day Out, organised by Samantha and Joshua included a visit to this unusual and attractive Cornish site, the Mên-an-Tol is believed to belong to the Bronze Age, thereby making it around 3,500 years old, though little evidence has been found.

It consists of four stones, the most memorable being the circular and pierced upright stone. The other three stones are more regular granite pillars commonly used in stone circles, with one dressed flat side. There is speculation that these were simply four of the stones of an ancient circle, further large stones having been discovered lying just below the ground nearby.
Another theory is that these stones once formed a chamber tomb, a hole of some form apparently being quite commonly used in fertility rituals involving the passing out of exhumed bones from the tomb.

A bit of a hike from the road but worth the effort.