In April 1824, Lieutenant Hugh Goldsmith, R.N. (nephew of the poet Oliver Goldsmith), and ten or twelve of his crew of the cutter HMS Nimble, armed with bars and levers rocked the huge granite boulder until it fell from its cliff-top perch. Some time laater a Lightening Strike blew the capstone off Lanyon quoit ( you could ride a horse under the capstone before this), the same equipment to replace Logan Rock was used to replace the Capstone of Lanyon Quoit with much reduced height we see today... Andrew, was Hugh an early rock-an-roller?
This is one of our early videos when we were still being guided by our son and his rather wobbly style of filming! We have now found a folklore story associated with Logan rock and I think it may be a good excuse to re-visit. I really want to see if it moves!! Sarah :)
Your videos feature some very beautiful scenery. Joining along for a fresh breath of air :) We need to stick together to help each other succeed. Keep up the great work and good luck.
I appreciate your kind words. I am always trying to learn from others, such as yourself. Cheers! ( for some reason a youtube glitch won't allow me to respond under your comment, sorry about that)
Please, guys, it's NOT "Logan's Rock". It's the Logan Rock, (pron. "LOGG-un", the dialect way of saying "logging", i.e. "swaying"). Whe the crew of HMS Nimble levered it off its perch, it didn't slide over the edge. just sideways a bit, then got caught in that crevice just to its left. That stopped it from going over and off the cliff. Had it done so, they'd never have got it back, not at 70 tons, with the gear they had back then. The rock has a Cornish name: Men Omborth, "balance stone" and, in spite of what some publications say, it does still rock. Takes a fair bit of effort to get it going, but once it is rocking, you can keep it going with one hand. Also on the headland is the Lady Logan Rock, smaller (about 15 tons) and easier to rock. She's a giantess turned to stone for the crime of murdering her husband.
Thank you so much for the information! I checked the Wiki page this evening for Logan Rock and it's changed since we did this walk, I feel our info was more limited at the time. We stumbled across this story and had an enthralling day trying to climb to the rock and that was really what we were trying to capture. In light of your comment, our terminology leaves a lot to be desired - humble apologies! By the way, we used a book called Cornovia to find ancient forts etc with our kids when they were younger - we had lots of fun! Was that written by yourself? Sarah
I traveled a lot in my life, but I will never get tired of it, even if it is just through the computer screen. Wonderful! High Paw!
It's such a great privilege to enjoy the part of the world in this video, thanks for sharing!
Thanks - looks like you're much more of a professional - look forward to watching more of your videos for some tips. Sarah :)
In April 1824, Lieutenant Hugh Goldsmith, R.N. (nephew of the poet Oliver Goldsmith), and ten or twelve of his crew of the cutter HMS Nimble, armed with bars and levers rocked the huge granite boulder until it fell from its cliff-top perch. Some time laater a Lightening Strike blew the capstone off Lanyon quoit ( you could ride a horse under the capstone before this), the same equipment to replace Logan Rock was used to replace the Capstone of Lanyon Quoit with much reduced height we see today... Andrew, was Hugh an early rock-an-roller?
‘Logan Rock Witch’ by Aphex Twin Was based on the legend of this rock. 👍🏼
love this video interesting video....we have plenty of rock in Malta ....lol
This is one of our early videos when we were still being guided by our son and his rather wobbly style of filming! We have now found a folklore story associated with Logan rock and I think it may be a good excuse to re-visit. I really want to see if it moves!! Sarah :)
Your videos feature some very beautiful scenery. Joining along for a fresh breath of air :)
We need to stick together to help each other succeed. Keep up the great work and good luck.
Thank you and lovely to hear from you - we will stick together! Sarah :)
I appreciate your kind words. I am always trying to learn from others, such as yourself. Cheers! ( for some reason a youtube glitch won't allow me to respond under your comment, sorry about that)
Please, guys, it's NOT "Logan's Rock". It's the Logan Rock, (pron. "LOGG-un", the dialect way of saying "logging", i.e. "swaying"). Whe the crew of HMS Nimble levered it off its perch, it didn't slide over the edge. just sideways a bit, then got caught in that crevice just to its left. That stopped it from going over and off the cliff. Had it done so, they'd never have got it back, not at 70 tons, with the gear they had back then. The rock has a Cornish name: Men Omborth, "balance stone" and, in spite of what some publications say, it does still rock. Takes a fair bit of effort to get it going, but once it is rocking, you can keep it going with one hand. Also on the headland is the Lady Logan Rock, smaller (about 15 tons) and easier to rock. She's a giantess turned to stone for the crime of murdering her husband.
Thank you so much for the information! I checked the Wiki page this evening for Logan Rock and it's changed since we did this walk, I feel our info was more limited at the time. We stumbled across this story and had an enthralling day trying to climb to the rock and that was really what we were trying to capture. In light of your comment, our terminology leaves a lot to be desired - humble apologies! By the way, we used a book called Cornovia to find ancient forts etc with our kids when they were younger - we had lots of fun! Was that written by yourself? Sarah
Heh! Guilty as charged. My novel 'The Lyonesse Stone' features Treryn Dinas and the Logan Rock quite prominently.
Is there a witch?