Ancient Sites / Burial Mounds / Giants / King Arthur / Legends
by Ian · Published July 26, 2008 · Last modified December 2, 2018
Two prehistoric henge monuments have become known as Arthur’s Round Table, a common theme in folklore were ancient structures become romanticised into legendary sites. A cave near Eamont Bridge called giants cave is associated with two legendary giants called Tarquin and Isir.
Ancient Sites / Buried Treasure / Featured Sites / Giants / Legends / Stone Circles
by Ian · Published July 26, 2008 · Last modified December 2, 2018
A weight of awe, not easy to be bourne,
Fell suddenly upon my spirit – cast
From the dread bosom of the unknown past
When first I saw that family forlorn..
In the time of giants in the Penwith area of Cornwall, there lived a particularly troublesome giant called Bolster, who was of such enormous stature that he could stand with one foot on Carn Brae, and the other on the beacon near St Agnes, a distance of 6 miles.
Cormoran was the name given to the giant who is said to have built and lived on St Michael’s Mount, he was killed by Jack the giant slayer.
This tale tells of a gentle giant who lived in Cornwall, the land of giants, and a place where they were thought responsible for many of the natural landscape features. The story appears in Traditional and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall by W. Botrell 1870.
Castle Dore is an Iron age hillfort dating from around 200BC. It was possibly home to Cunomonus a local king who had a son called Drustanus. The castle is also associated with the legend of Tristan and Isolde.
Ancient Sites / Early Christianity / Featured Sites / Giants / Legends / Ley Lines / Other Mysteries
by Ian · Published July 23, 2008 · Last modified November 19, 2018
St Michael’s Mount is a picturesque rocky island that has been described as the ‘Jewel in Cornwall’s crown’ – perhaps a reason for its popularity with visitors.
The giant Bolster is said to have terrorised the area until he fell in love with St Agnes. She asked him to prove his love to her by filling a hole in the cliffs at Chapel Porth with his blood.
This was deemed an easy task by the giant but the hole led to the sea, and the giant duly poured his lifeblood into the hole and died of blood loss.
Carn Brea was occupied from 3,900BC, and was protected from attack by stone ramparts. Archaeological evidence shows the settlement was attacked and burned down at some point in its history. Hoards of Celtic coins have also been found on the hill during excavation.
A giant is said to have dropped his shoe on the summit of the hill, he was startled by a small animal and fled leaving his shoe behind. The shoe turned to stone over the years and now resembles a huge boulder with a hollowed out face.
Also on the summit of Cloud Hill is a stone outcrop known as the drummer’s knob.
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