Jubilee Rock
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Jubilee Rock is a Grade II listed large rock on Pendrift Downs in the parish of
Blisland Blisland ( kw, Blyslann) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately five miles northeast of Bodmin. According to the UK census 2001, 2001 census, the parish had a populatio ...
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, England. On the north side is carved the Falmouth and Morshead coat of arms and the Molesworth coat of arms on the south side. It was originally decorated in 1810 by Lieut. John Rogers to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the accession of
King George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
and was restored in 1859 and 1887. Two more inscriptions have been added: these commemorate the golden jubilees of Queen Victoria (1887) and of Queen Elizabeth II (2002). It is considered to be the oldest stone on Bodmin Moor. It is 10 feet high and 25 feet across and stands at 213 metres above sea level. One author has implied that Jubilee Rock was previously a
Logan stone Rocking stones (also known as logan stones or logans) are large stones that are so finely balanced that the application of just a small force causes them to rock. Typically, rocking stones are residual corestones formed initially by spheroidal ...
> although the quoted source indicates that the dimensions are significantly different casting doubt on the assertion.


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Cornish culture Bodmin Moor Grade II listed buildings in Cornwall {{Cornwall-struct-stub