Stowe's Hill
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Stowe's Hill is an elongated hill, 381 metres (1,250 ft) high, located on the eastern edge of Bodmin Moor in the county of Cornwall, England.[2]
Stowe's Hill is a prominent
tors at the southern end of the hill; the larger one encircles the rest of the ridge. At the southern end is a large, disused quarry, but the hill is best known as the site of the Cheesewring, the extraordinary granite formation that gave the quarry its name.[3][4]
Inside Stowe's Pound are two Bronze Age cairns, a stone round house and over 100 house platforms. The site is thought to be Neolithic or Bronze Age and connected with other settlements and ritual monuments in the vicinity.[5]
References
- ^ a b P30 Database, Appendix v2.1
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map series, No. 109
- ^ Stowe's Pound at www.historic-cornwall.org.uk. Accessed on 2 Sep 2013
- ISBN 978-085025-433-4.
- ISBN 0-906294-52-5