Granite moorland in northeast Cornwall, England
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Bodmin Moor, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is a remote, bleak heather-covered upland granite moorland in North Cornwall. It is bounded in the north by the Camel River and in the south by the Fowey River.
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A lake, about 15 ha in extent. According to legend, King Arthur rowed into the middle of the lake to receive the sword Excalibur from The Lady of the Lake.
Granite tor on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor, on Stowe's Hill, approximately 1200 m north of the village of Minions.
The South Phoenix Mine Engine House, built in 1881, served as a copper, tin and manganese mine in the 19th century. The mine was finally abandoned in 1911. The engine house has since been refurbished and now houses the Minions Heritage Centre (as of May 2024, the centre's website states that it is permanently closed) This engine house is one of many on the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape".
Cornish: Hr Carwynnen
A group of three stone circles similar to but smaller than Stonehenge. The site is half-a-mile (0.8 km) west of the village of Minions on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor, and approximately four miles (6 km) north of Liskeard. Each stellar alignment was given with tabulated declinations at a date in the range of 2100 to 1500 BC!
A former coaching inn, now a hotel, restaurant and pub made famous by Daphne du Maurier's novel Jamaica Inn. The hotel complex also hosts Cornwall's Smugglers Museum and a reconstruction of Daphne du Maurier's study.
The falls which are within the Draynes Wood SSSI, are a series of rapids on the upper stretches of the Fowey River. Below the falls, the river runs through a gorge and is of particular importance for ″lower plants″ such as liverworts, mosses and lichens.
A megalithic enclosure, about 20 m wide and 7 m long, thought to be a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age ceremonial site. It is now protected by a gated fence.
The woods are an extensive area of woodland on the south-western slopes of the moor. They are criss-crossed with hiking tracks and are also home to the now abandoned Wheal Glynn mine. There is a tea room and toilets at the car park.
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