Logan Rock on Treryn Dinas headland fortress.
View from Zennor Head to Gurnard's Head
A stile crossed on one's way to Zennor Head from Zennor
Treryn Dinas - ancient headland fort
Logan Rock on Treryn Dinas headland fortress.
Mother Nature's sculptural work at Treryn Dinas where lies Logan Rock.
Clodgy Point to Hor Point in the distance I think
The cliffs on a walk to Clodgy Point, St Ives
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Logan Rock on Treryn Dinas headland fortress.

Logan Rock is so-called because it 'logs' or 'rocks', or at least it did until Lieutenant Goldsmith pushed it off and had to pay to reset it. The name 'Treryn Dinas' comes from the Cornish for 'Fortress' (Dinas) [of a] 'Settlement' (Tre) [on] a point of land (rynn). 'Treen' is a shortened form of this also used for the nearby village.
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The Logan Rock does still log , although it does take some effort! There is another Logan Rock at Tol Pedn (near Porthgwarra), and another near Penninis Head on the Isles of Scilly that is reckoned to weigh over 300 tons (although it was disturbed by a WW2 bomb and now takes the combined efforts of three or more people to get it to log).
 
trepolpen
I very nervously climbed up to the rock for probably the last time about two years ago but reckon, like myself, it trembled more than logged and no more! I didn t realise about the one at Porthgwarra - nor the Scilly one: it sounds as if it well and truly rocked when the bomb landed!
 
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It did take a few of us to make the Logan Rock log the last time I was there! Apparently, the tackle used by Lt Goldsmith and Ct Giddy to replace the Logan Rock was also used to re-build Lanyon Quoit after it collapsed in a storm.
 
treeve
I have a picture in Lysons which shows one man could move it easily, by placing his back firmly to the west side of the stone. Crossing to St Mary s, my father in law was on the island near there when the bomb dropped.
 

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