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The excavation and re-erection of the Eathorne Menhir during May 2004.
Sometime in the 1980's, this important megalithic monument was uprooted from its
position in a Cornish field and deposited into a nearby hedge by an over zealous
evangelised farmer.
Upon the advent of the farm changing hands, Paul
Chaney and local folklore expert Steve Patterson (Gweek Institute of Magical Studies)
conspired to re-establish the standing stone in its original location in the
landscape.
With the help of the Cornwall Archeology Unit and the Cornwall
Earth Mysteries Group, the approximate location of the stone's original position was
ascertained through a combination of archeological sleuthing, witchery, and luck.
With the help of a local digger driver, the site was cleared and the top layer of
soil removed ready for the archeological dig to proceed - this being the first time
a monument of this kind has ever been excavated in Cornwall. The Archeologists
removed carbon material from the dig for dating. The stone, having been extricated
from the nearby hedge, was replaced in its original hole with the help of the new
landowner and his crane.