Archaeologists working on Bodmin Moor have uncovered a new monument at the site of The Hurlers.

A large stone, now recumbent, is thought to have been brought to the site from elsewhere and used as a standing stone, perhaps marking the ceremonial entrance to the Hurlers themselves.

A five-day excavation, part of the Reading the Hurlers project, had the aim of identifying a potential fourth stone circle at the site near Minions.

Geophysical evidence from the 1990s had pointed towards a circular formation of stones and this was backed up with on-site observation by a landscape archaeologist.

In the end, it turned out the stones were not part of a fourth circle – but the dig revealed some exciting finds, says archaeologist and project coordinator Emma Stockley.

There’s a full report and plenty of pictures from the dig in this week’s edition of the Cornish Times, on sale now.