Mên-an-Tol
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Mên-an-Tol is a distinctive Bronze Age megalithic monument in Cornwall, England, best known for its iconic holed stone flanked by two upright stones and associated with local healing and fertility folklore.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mên-an-Tol canonical | 4 |
| Men-an-Tol | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5945097 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mên-an-Tol Context triple: [Penwith Peninsula, contains, Mên-an-Tol]
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A.
Taghmon
Taghmon is a village in County Wexford, Ireland, known for its historic ecclesiastical roots and rural community character.
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B.
Tawthalin
Tawthalin is a traditional month in the Burmese calendar, associated with late monsoon season and various cultural and religious observances in Myanmar.
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C.
Ṭūs
Ṭūs is an ancient city in northeastern Iran, historically significant as a cultural and intellectual center and best known as the birthplace and burial place of the Persian poet Ferdowsi.
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D.
Ma'in
Ma'in was an ancient South Arabian kingdom known for its role in the incense trade and its capital at Qarnāwu in present-day Yemen.
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E.
Tumshuq
Tumshuq is an ancient city in the Tarim Basin region of Xinjiang, China, historically associated with the Saka (Scythian) peoples and their Eastern Iranian languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mên-an-Tol Target entity description: Mên-an-Tol is a distinctive Bronze Age megalithic monument in Cornwall, England, best known for its iconic holed stone flanked by two upright stones and associated with local healing and fertility folklore.
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A.
Taghmon
Taghmon is a village in County Wexford, Ireland, known for its historic ecclesiastical roots and rural community character.
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B.
Tawthalin
Tawthalin is a traditional month in the Burmese calendar, associated with late monsoon season and various cultural and religious observances in Myanmar.
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C.
Ṭūs
Ṭūs is an ancient city in northeastern Iran, historically significant as a cultural and intellectual center and best known as the birthplace and burial place of the Persian poet Ferdowsi.
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D.
Ma'in
Ma'in was an ancient South Arabian kingdom known for its role in the incense trade and its capital at Qarnāwu in present-day Yemen.
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E.
Tumshuq
Tumshuq is an ancient city in the Tarim Basin region of Xinjiang, China, historically associated with the Saka (Scythian) peoples and their Eastern Iranian languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age monument
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archaeological site ⓘ megalithic monument ⓘ prehistoric monument ⓘ |
| accessibleToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
fertility rituals
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healing rituals ⓘ local legends ⓘ protection from witchcraft ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| etymology | from Cornish meaning "stone of the hole" ⓘ |
| gridReferenceSystem | OS grid reference ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Men-an-Tol
ⓘ
linked to:
Mên-an-Tol
The Crick Stone ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDate | second millennium BC ⓘ |
| hasDiameter | central hole approximately 0.5 metres ⓘ |
| hasHeight | upright stones approximately 1 metre ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | roughly east–west alignment of stones ⓘ |
| hasPart |
holed stone
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recumbent stone ⓘ two upright stones ⓘ |
| hasShape | circular hole in central stone ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Scheduled Monument ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| isFamousFor |
fertility folklore
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healing folklore ⓘ holed stone ⓘ |
| landOwnership | open moorland ⓘ |
| locatedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Morvah ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Penwith peninsula
ⓘ
linked to:
Penwith Peninsula
|
| location | Cornwall ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Historic England (designation)
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linked to:
Historic England
|
| material | stone ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Lanyon Quoit
ⓘ
Mên Scryfa ⓘ Nine Maidens stone circle ⓘ |
| region |
South West England
ⓘ
linked to:
southwest England
|
| surveyedBy | 19th-century antiquarians ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fertility rites involving the holed stone
ⓘ
folk medicine ⓘ passing children through the holed stone for healing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mên-an-Tol Description of subject: Mên-an-Tol is a distinctive Bronze Age megalithic monument in Cornwall, England, best known for its iconic holed stone flanked by two upright stones and associated with local healing and fertility folklore.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mên-an-Tol