I wanted to start a forum on Prehistoric Cornwall. The changing of people from the hunter-gatherers from about 10,000 BCE is extremely interesting. Then came the Celts and the germanic tribes. I'm especially interested in the Standing Stones throughout Cornwall (and Europe in general). How are they all related? There must have been communication for sorts between peoples to have common patterns and to find resources. How did they move such large stones long distances to finally stand where they are today?
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Edited: May 06, 2023
The Standing Stones of Cornwall
The Standing Stones of Cornwall
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Tom I agree the stones are fascinating - it seems many were aligned with the harvests and/or as religious and burial sites. As an aside, I can’t help but find the druids fascinating as well. I hope technology and new discoveries shed more and more light on this sooner than later.
The following four pages are taken from the Introduction of the family history researched and written by Lorin Berryman (see above). The introduction presents an abbreviated history of Cornwall from prehistoric times to the modern era. Pages 4-7 mention stone antiquities which may be relevant to a forum on the Standing Stones.
The following post is taken from "The Family, Relations, and Ancestors of Edwin James Berryman (1885-1943) and Caroline jane Nettell Berryman (1886-1961), A History"
by Lorin Ellery Berryman 1983; privately published in a limited edition of 100 copies. Printed at Stanford University June 1993.
Tom, this is a pretty good historical fiction book about the possible origins of Stonehenge by one of my favorite authors, Bernard Cornwell: https://www.bernardcornwell.net/books/15558/
Its not about Cornwall, per se, but you might find it interesting....