King Doniert's Stone
OS Grid ref:- SX 236688
King Doniert's Stone is situated one mile northwest of the village of St Cleer off the B3254.
The Dark Age monument consists of two granite stones, the remains of crosses, which are carved with latin inscriptions and intricate patterns. They are associated with King Doniert or Durngarth of Cornwall who is reported to have drowned in the River Fowey in AD 875. One of the inscriptions reads ONIERT PROGAVIT PRO ANIMA, 'Doniert ordered (this) for his soul'.
The stones stand in a small signposted enclosure on the B3254 road that runs from Minnions to Dobwalls, near the edge of Bodmin Moor. There is a small layby next to the enclosure.
Controversy concerning the stones and others under the care of English Heritage arose in 1999. Members of the Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament, took down several signs bearing the English Heritage name. Since then a number smaller sites including The Hurlers Tregiffian Burial Chamber, St Breock Downs Monolith, King Doniert's Stone, Trethevy Quoit and Carn Euny have been transferred to the care of the Cornwall Heritage Trust, run by a bard of the Gorseth Kernow. The stones are known in Cornish as Men Myghtern Doniert.