The Cornish Logan Stone

Season: 7 Episode: 7

Perched high above the Cornish cliffs, the famous Logan Rock at Treen once rocked so gently that a single hand could set it swaying. Then, in 1824, a reckless act sent the eighty-ton boulder crashing down, sparking outrage across the country.

In this episode, we uncover the dramatic story of the man who toppled it, the costly and dangerous effort to raise it again, and how the scandal turned a windswept granite giant into one of Cornwall’s most talked-about attractions.

CAST

Hugh Colvill Goldsmith - Steve Sheperd

Obituaries - Andrea Reid

West Kent Guardian - Cerise Reed

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.

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SOURCES

Cornwall Heritage

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)

The Naval Chronicle (late 18th and early 19th century)

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Saturday 12 February 1842

The National Archives, ADM series (especially ADM 6, ADM 8, ADM 12),

The Gentleman’s Magazine

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