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Longstone is a 
There is however a later medieval cross by the crossroads. It consists of a medieval crosshead placed on a modern rough hewn shaft which has been set into a medieval moorstone slab base.
There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built is 1872 and Sunday School, however, these have both been converted to private homes.
The hamlet previously had a garage, which has now been demolished to make way for a housing estate, 'Gwel an Menhir'.
Longstone is a hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
in Cornwall
Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
, England, UK. It is part of the civil parish
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of St Mabyn
St Mabyn () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated three miles (5 km) east of Wadebridge. The parish includes a hamlet called Longstone, Cornwall, Longstone to ...
, and is about one mile east of St Mabyn village on the B3266 road. It is named after the menhir
A menhir (; from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Br ...
which formerly stood here.
The "Longstone" was a standing stone which was broken up for gateposts around 1850.
It was said to have been inscribed, thus making it early medieval.
There is however a later medieval cross by the crossroads. It consists of a medieval crosshead placed on a modern rough hewn shaft which has been set into a medieval moorstone slab base.
There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built is 1872 and Sunday School, however, these have both been converted to private homes.
The hamlet previously had a garage, which has now been demolished to make way for a housing estate, 'Gwel an Menhir'.
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