ドブウォールズアンドトレウィドランドの天然記念物・トップ13

This landmark is located next to the Cheesewring Quarry (which provided the granite cladding for the structure of Tower Bridge in London) and is surrounded by other granite formations. In the late 19th century, this landmark was threatened with destruction due to its proximity to blasting operations, but was saved through local activism.

Three beautiful Neolithic or Early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a unique grouping in England. The Hurlers Stone Circles are probably the best examples of ceremonial circles in the South West. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hurlers-stone-circles/

An impressive place, the stone circles (hurlers) and cheesewring in a fabulous landscape. Hiking without limits possible through fences, old mines and small lakes.

The Hurlers are three stone circles on the edge of Bodmin Moor. Legend has it that these were Cornish Hurler players, caught out on a Sunday and punished. They are thought to date to between 2,100 & 1,500 BCE.

The Cheeswring is a granite tor on the south-east edge of Bodmin Moor. It's a naturally formed structure, although the local legends say it was formed in a contest between giants and saints. Granite from the quarry below was used to clad Tower Bridge.

Easy access from car park

Daniel Gumb was a local man who carved a cave into the rock for he and his family to live in so he could avoid paying taxes. He was a mathematician and an astronomer and carved patterns into the rock which you can still see. Sadly this isn't his cave, dug in the early 1700s but a memorial to him created by local stone workers when his cave was destroyed by mining in the quarry. Daniel Gumb lived here until he died age 70. He had 13 children and three wives, a large number of people to fit in a cave of just 9m by 4m.

Legend has it the pipers were turned to stone for playing on the Sabbath. They tried to make an escape but didn't manage to get away. Others say they mark the spot where Howel and King Aethelstan stood facing each other before battle in the 10th century.