Carn Kenidjack

{{Short description|Hill in Cornwall, England}}

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| name = Carn Kenidjack

| photo = Looking towards Carn Kenidjack from the north - geograph.org.uk - 1572518.jpg

| photo_caption = Carn Kenidjack viewed from the north

| elevation_m = 202

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| location = Cornwall, United Kingdom

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| coordinates = {{coord|50|08|21|N|5|39|25|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_ref_UK = SW38783301

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Carn Kenidjack ({{gbmapping|SW388329}}) is a hill in Tregeseal, Cornwall, UK. It is covered in megaliths including Tregeseal East stone circle.{{cite book|author=Julian Cope|title=The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbNgQgAACAAJ|accessdate=11 April 2013|year=1998|page=168|publisher=Thorsons Pub|isbn=978-0-7225-3599-8}}

A tale is told that two miners returning home one night witnessed a wrestling match near Carn Kenidjack, which was presided over by the Devil. When one of the demon wrestlers was wounded, they whispered a prayer in his ear, and the entire spectacle disappeared.{{cite web|title=Carn Kenidjack Tor, Cornwall|url=http://www.ancientstones.org.uk/Corn_Carn_Kenidjack.htm|publisher=Ancient Stones|accessdate=22 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701014540/http://ancientstones.org.uk/Corn_Carn_Kenidjack.htm|archive-date=1 July 2014|url-status=dead}}

File:Carn Kenidjak Cornwall.jpg

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Category:Archaeological sites in Cornwall

Category:Hills of Cornwall

Category:St Just in Penwith

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