Men-an-Tol means 'holed stone', not much is known about its origins or purpose. It's thought to be a Bronze age monument, possibly once the entrance to a burial chamber, or part of a stone circle. Either side of the holed stone stand two upright stones and there's a fourth fallen stone at the base of the western upright.

The hole in the stone would have been produced by natural weathering. According to folklore, the stone was believed to have ritual healing powers. The most popular story is that children were passed through the stone to cure them of ricketts. Other powers attributed to the stone include back ache relief and prophesy.

Men-an-Tol is situated on open moorland in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is accessible to the public via a footpath from the Morvah to Madron road.