25th January 2010 - Stowe's Hill
It was a dry and crisp afternoon as I walked from the car park at Minions, past the Hurlers
and on towards Stowe's Hill.
SX 2597 7108 - Stowe's Hill is more commonly known as the Cheesewring, the name given to one of the stone stacks on the top of the hill.
The southern side of the hill has been quarried away. Granite from Cheesewring Quarry has been used on many fine buildings.
Craddock Moor is to the West with Withneybrook Marsh in the valley.
Surrounding the top of the hill are two rings of stone known as a "pound".
The outer ring has collapsed but the inner primary enclosure remains
encirling the tors on the southern end of the hilltop.
This hill top fortification is late Neolithic / early Bronze age, and uses
the natural features of the hill.
To the south we look over Rillaton Moor, and along the mineral railway to Caradon Hill.
I was lucky to reach the summit just as the sun broke through the dark clouds.
It felt completely different as the dark clouds obscured the sun.
