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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Cheesewring - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Sunny100 on Monday, 26 July 2010  Page Views: 10931

Natural PlacesSite Name: The Cheesewring Alternative Name: The Minions Stone, The Giant's Stone
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Liskeard  Nearest Village: Minions
Map Ref: SX25787239
Latitude: 50.525289N  Longitude: 4.459277W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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markj99 visited on 22nd Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The Cheesewring may not be man-made but it is still well worth an inclusion in TMP. A visit to Minions is not complete without a walk to Stowe's Hill via The Hurlers, followed naturally by a cream tea.

Catrinm visited on 8th Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

lucasn visited on 9th Jul 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 3

graemefield visited on 4th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3

Billythefish visited on 24th Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

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The Cheesewring
The Cheesewring submitted by cazzyjane : The Cheesewring looks down on the wonderful moorland surrounding it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Cheesewring near Minions on the southern flank of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, is a natural granite outcrop or tor that has been eroded by the weather over thousands of years. It is over 20 feet high with a circumference of 30 feet. From any angle it looks like a pile of giant flat stone pancakes.

Legend says that a giant called Uther had an argument with a local saint called Tue or Tudy - something to do with the weight of the stone stack. But in the end the saint won the argument and the giant relented. One other legend says a druid with a cup a gold that never ran dry lived here in the Dark Ages. So a giant and a druid for St Tudy to pacify, but many saints are credited with dealing with such characters. Like other stones, the Cheesewring is said to turn around when it hears a cock crow.

Another stone close by is called The Druid's Chair. There are a number of curious stones on Bodmin Moor, some natural, others prehistoric and some from the Age of the Saints.
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The Cheesewring
The Cheesewring submitted by cromagnonman : Star rise at the Cheesewring. A chilly night but crystal clear and so worth it! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Cheesewring submitted by Bladup : The Cheesewring. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Cheesewring submitted by Bladup : The wonderful Cheesewring. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Cheesewring
The Cheesewring submitted by cazzyjane : Looking up to the Cheesewring, October 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Cheesewring submitted by Antonine : 2007

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The Cheesewring submitted by Antonine : Re-visit 2014

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The Cheesewring submitted by Bladup : The Cheesewring and part of the defences to the Southern enclosure at Stowe's pound.

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The Cheesewring submitted by Bladup : The Cheesewring.

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The Cheesewring submitted by postman : Surely that's not structural.

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The Cheesewring submitted by postman : Looking out across the moors

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The Cheesewring submitted by postman : The Cheesewring above the nasty nasty quarry, Daniel Gumb's house lower left.

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The Cheesewring submitted by Bladup : The Cheesewring.

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The Cheesewring submitted by Bladup

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The Cheesewring submitted by Psy1968 : This is well worth the walk from the Hurlers.Once you get there great views of Bodmin moor and the surrounding area.

The Cheesewring
The Cheesewring submitted by Sunny100 : The Cheesewring in Cornwall.

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 80m N 358° Stowe's Pound* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX25787247)
 491m SSE 152° Rillaton N Cairn* Cairn (SX26007195)
 526m S 180° The Hurlers Avenue* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX2576371864)
 536m SSE 152° Rillaton Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SX26027191)
 644m SE 138° Minions Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX262719)
 805m S 172° The Hurlers North* Stone Circle (SX25877159)
 871m WSW 239° Craddock Moor platform cairn* Cairn (SX25027196)
 942m S 174° The Hurlers (N)* Stone Circle (SX25847145)
 971m S 175° The Hurlers causeway* Ancient Trackway (SX25837142)
 991m S 175° The Hurlers* Stone Circle (SX25837140)
 1.0km S 176° The Hurlers (C)* Stone Circle (SX25827139)
 1.0km S 182° The Hurlers Pipers* Standing Stones (SX25717135)
 1.0km W 261° Craddock Moor Stone Setting* Standing Stones (SX24747227)
 1.1km S 176° The Hurlers (S)* Stone Circle (SX25817133)
 1.1km WSW 236° Craddock Moor circle* Stone Circle (SX24877183)
 1.3km SSE 168° Minions Mound* Round Barrow(s) (SX26017112)
 1.3km SSW 207° Minions Round Cairns* Round Cairn (SX25157126)
 1.3km S 178° Minions Platform Round Barrow* Cairn (SX25787109)
 1.3km NNW 346° Langstone downs Cairns* Cairn (SX255737)
 1.4km NNW 338° Langstone Downs row Stone Row / Alignment (SX253737)
 1.4km WSW 256° Craddock Moor embanked avenue* Misc. Earthwork (SX24377208)
 1.5km SSW 200° Minions Kerbed Cairn Cairn (SX25247103)
 1.5km SSW 205° Trewalla Farm Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX25117106)
 1.5km SSW 203° Minions Bronze Age round cairn. Cairn (SX25157103)
 1.6km NW 321° Withey Brook* Cairn (SX2482273656)
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