Tolvan holed stone
The triangular Tolvan holed stone is an unusually shaped, roughly triangular, megalith. It is about 2.15 m high - how deeply it is set in the earth is unknown. Its circular hole has a diameter of 43 cm. It is located about 800 m north of Gweek near Helston in Cornwall, England, behind the farmhouse at Tolvan Cross. The slightly inclined hole stone is not visible from the road.
The stone at the Tolvan Cross farmhouse
The stone is reputed to possess healing powers. In particular, according to the legend, it guarantees fertility to the newly married - but only if the partners squeeze naked through the hole.
References
- Homer Sykes: Mysterious Britain. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993 ISBN 9780297831969.
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