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The Logan Rock

Treen, near Porthcurno, Cornwall

A rocking stone a naval officer pushed over, and had to put back.

The Logan Rock is a granite boulder of around 80 tons that could be rocked with one hand. In 1824 a naval officer, Lieutenant Hugh Goldsmith, and his crew pushed it off its perch for a dare.

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When
Toppled 1824
Where
50.0400, -5.6200
Group
Hill figures & giants

Visiting

A coastal walk from Treen village. Take care on the cliffs.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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