Known as Logan Rockfrom the Cornish word logging meaning rockingit is one of several suchbalancing rocksfound in the county.
The Logan Rock (top right) at the headland south of Treen, Cornwall.
Legend had it that a persons guilt or innocence could be established by a rocking stone.
The stone was also described by Dr William Borlase in 1754 in hisAntiquities of Cornwall.
In the parish of St Levan, there is a promontory called Castle Treryn.
This cape consists of three distinct groups of rocks.
That man was Lieutenant Hugh Goldsmith, nephew of the poet Oliver Goldsmith.
A 19th century engraving of the Logan Rock.
Once news of Goldsmiths folly reached the townsfolks, it raised a furor.
However, it was reported that the stone no longer rocked as easily as it did before.
Hoisting the Logan Rock up the cliff.
The anchor holes used to haul the huge rock back into place are still visible in the surrounding rocks.
Goldsmith paid back the debt with interest shortly before his death.
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1809 but never further.
He continued commanding small vessels until his death at sea in 1841.
The Logan Rock of Treen indicated by a red circle.
