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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Trink Hill
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: St Ives  Nearest Village: Cripplesease
Map Ref: SW504371
Latitude: 50.181219N  Longitude: 5.497563W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 4 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
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Trink Hill
Trink Hill submitted by JimChampion : The triangulation pillar on Trink Hill, which stands on top of the remains of a tumulus. The hill in the middle distance, beyond the farm buildings, is Trencrom Hill - topped with the remains of an Iron Age hillfort/settlement. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round barrow and natural rock feature in Cornwall

At the summit of Trink Hill is a round barrow, intruded upon by a drystone wall and Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar.

On the south-east slope is a prominent natural granite feature, the so-called Twelve O'Clock Rock, which, according to local folklore, had certain unusual powers. One story says that the stone, which can not be rocked like some local 'logan stones', would rock like a cradle at exactly midnight. Another version says that the stone will turn when it hears the cockcrow or church bells striking. Another tradition said that a child would be cured of rickets if it was placed upon the rock at midnight, provided that the child was not 'misbegotten'.

Access There is a car park at Giew Mine on the St Ives-Penzance road, but access to the hilltop and Twelve O'Clock rock is not easy from this side. A footpath heads east from the road near to the Engine Inn in Cripplesease. After a few hundred metres the Twelve O'Clock Rock is an obvious feature on the hillside to your left. A path heads up to the summit of the hill on the east side of a stone wall.
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Trink Hill
Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Large standing stone of unknown age on the slopes of trink hill at SW510367, with trencrom in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : 12 o'clock rock, trink hill, overlooking trencrom. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : 12 o'clock rock, Trink Hill, barrow behind, St Michael's Mount in the distance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Twelve O'Clock Rock, Trink Hill
Twelve O'Clock Rock, Trink Hill submitted by JimChampion : A few slabs of granite, weathered into a neat stack on the hillside. Such features are not rare in this part of Cornwall, although this one is "outstanding in its field" and has gathered a number of folklore tales during its residence here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Twelve O'Clock Rock on Trink Hill with Trencrom in the background (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Trink Hill Tumulus, It's a bit more overgrown each time i've been here

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : The granite outcrop called Twelve O'Clock Rock upon Trink Hill

Trink Hill
Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Twelve O'Clock Rock is so called because it's said that the once nearby miners used to tell the time from it's shadow, In the book - Popular Romances of the West of England (1903) it says that numbers of people would formerly visit a remarkable Logan stone (The Twelve O'Clock Rock), near Nancledrea, which had been, by supernatural power, impressed with some peculiar sense at midnight. Although it ...

Trink Hill
Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Another large stone just outside Trink Hill Tumulus [Behind the stone].

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Trink Hill Tumulus looking East.

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : A large stone with Trink Hill Tumulus just beyond.

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : The overgrown and fairly ruined Trink Hill Tumulus looking North West.

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Part of Trink Hill Tumulus with Tremcrom in the background.

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : A large stone just beside Trink Hill Tumulus [behind the stone].

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Trink Hill, Twelve O' Clock rock.

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Trink Hill, Twelve O' Clock rock trying to eat a bird.

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Trink Hill, Twelve O'Clock Rock.

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Trink Hill submitted by Bladup : Trink Hill, Twelve 0' Clock Rock, With St Michael's Mount in the distance.

Twelve O'Clock Rock, Trink Hill
Twelve O'Clock Rock, Trink Hill submitted by JimChampion : The "back" of the Twelve O'Clock Rock, on the southern slope of Trink Hill. Not a logan stone, except for certain occasions according to folklore.

Twelve O'Clock Rock, Trink Hill
Twelve O'Clock Rock, Trink Hill submitted by JimChampion : On the left is the Twelve O'Clock Rock on the south-east slope of Trink Hill (grid reference SW50523708). Across the valley is Trencrom Hill, site of Trencrom hillfort. (2 comments)

Twelve O'Clock Rock, Trink Hill
Twelve O'Clock Rock, Trink Hill submitted by JimChampion : The Twelve O'Clock Rock, from the east. Shooting into the bright overcast sky left the colours indistinct, so I've de-saturated the photo.

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 199m W 267° Giew Mine* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW502371)
 316m SSE 159° Cripplesease Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW505368)
 823m SSW 206° Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall)* Rock Outcrop (SW50003638)
 1.1km S 179° Brunnion Cross* Ancient Cross (SW50373600)
 1.5km S 173° Trembethow barrows Barrow Cemetery (SW50513564)
 1.6km ESE 120° Trencrom Castle Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW51723625)
 1.6km SE 145° Ninnesbridge Barrow Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SW51253575)
 1.6km ESE 120° Trencrom* Hillfort (SW51803622)
 1.7km N 359° Halsetown Cross* Ancient Cross (SW50463879)
 1.8km ESE 114° Giant's Well (Trencrom)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW520363)
 1.8km NNW 331° Bussow Farm Hut Circles Ancient Village or Settlement (SW496387)
 1.9km E 84° Trevarrack Round* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW523372)
 1.9km E 99° The Bowl Rock* Rock Outcrop (SW523367)
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 2.1km WNW 296° Towednack Church Cornish Crosses* Ancient Cross (SW486381)
 2.1km E 87° Beersheeba* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW5251637128)
 2.2km N 357° Carnstabba Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter (SW504393)
 2.4km SSW 196° Gear Hut Circle and Round* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW49653484)
 2.4km W 278° Amalveor settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW48023756)
 2.5km NW 326° Rosewall Hill Cairn* Cairn (SW491392)
 2.6km W 278° Amalveor downs tumuli* Barrow Cemetery (SW478376)
 2.8km N 5° Penbeagle Cross* Ancient Cross (SW50783988)
 2.8km SW 220° Castle An Dinas (Penwith)* Hillfort (SW48493500)
 2.9km ENE 64° Long Stone (Carbis Bay)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW5303838211)
 2.9km W 267° Embla Tumulus* Round Barrow(s) (SW47483707)
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Re: Trink Hill by Anonymous on Monday, 09 August 2010
Thank you for such an informative site, the maps and random images of the sites are excellent. Ian Aldridge.
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