Mên-an-Tol

The Mên-an-Tol (Cornish: Men an Toll) is a small formation of standing stones in Cornwall, England (grid reference SW426349).

[1] The Mên-an-Tol is thought to date to either the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age.

[1] It has also been suggested that the holed stone could have been a capstone for the nearby cairn before being moved to its present position.

He was even told that local farmers with back or limb complaints would crawl through the hole to relieve their pain.

[5] In 1993, the Cornwall Historic Environment Service published a detailed report with the latest research results.

Mên-an-Tol is supposed to have a fairy or piskie guardian who can make miraculous cures.

In one story, a changeling baby was put through the stone in order for the mother to get the real child back.

For centuries, children with rickets were passed naked through the hole in the middle stone nine times.

"Men an Toll" is a piece on the 2022 Cornish language album Tresor by Gwenno.

Drawing and plan by W. Borlase, 1769
Drawing by J. T. Blight, 1864
A view through the Mên-an-Tol holed stone
Men An Tol from the air