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.
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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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