#Men Omborth

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Goldsmith’s Folly

How Hugh Goldsmith put the Logan Rock back on its pivot #Treen #Cornwall

In the early evening of April 8, 1824, Treen’s Logan Rock was dislodged from its pivot by Hugh Goldsmith and the crew of the HMS Nimble, dropping several feet on to a ledge. Once news of Goldsmith’s act of folly reached Penzance, it roused the sort of righteous indignation that only the strict application of Law 20.1.2 in cricket can today. Local worthy, Sir Richard Vyvyan of Trelowarren, vowed…

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Logan Rocks

Hugo Goldsmith and the Logan Rock near #Treen #Cornwall

Men Omborth, Cornish for balanced stone, sits about thirty metres above the sea on top of the Teryn Dinas cliffs at Treen in the far west of Cornwall, about three miles or so from Land’s End. Known as a Logan or logging stone from the Cornish word “logging” meaning rocking, it is one of several pieces of detached rock to be found in the county that are poised so finely on their base that they…