マドロンでの周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

The "Hole Stone", granite blocks that were erected about 3,000 - 4,000 years ago.

The "Hole Stone", granite blocks that were erected about 3,000 - 4,000 years ago.

The path given to follow on the first off-road section is supposed to fork right halfway along. It doesn't! If it is supposed to, it is no longer visible and the area is covered in gorse bushes. The path you take all the way is tricky to ride, having very deep/invisible ruts on either side, so if you get it a few inches wrong, you'll be stopping - very quickly! I'm an intermediate rider and rode half of it and pushed the rest. Still a vaey enjoyable overall ride which we have now done twice and moreconfidently the second time!

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Ding Dong Mine was particularly productive. Steam engines were used to drain the mine. Towards the end of the 19th century, Ding Dong Mine's productivity declined due to the depletion of readily accessible ores and increasing international competition. The mine finally closed in 1877, but remained an important part of Cornwall's industrial heritage. Today, Ding Dong Mine is a ruin, protected as a historic monument.

SOS phone above the beach

Reservoir with large parking lot

Mên Scryfa is inscribed with the words 'Rialobrani Cunovali fili' which translates as 'Rialobranus son of Cunovalus'. It is not known who the inscriptions relate to but they date to around the 5th to 8th century AD.

Also known as the Dancing Stones, from the Cornish, 'Meyn an Dons', which means 'Stones of the Dance'. It dates from the late neolithic, early bronze age and was once on of three stone circles in the area.