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Showery Tor Embanked Avenue Cursus |
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This rocky outcrop has to be the most moving, aesthetically pleasing piece of sculpture I've ever seen - naturally occurring or otherwise. Shaped by millennia of the viciously inclemental Bodmin Moor weather - and let's face it, it can be pretty bad - the graceful, flowing curves and contours exhibited here make it seem ludicrous to think that this just sort of, er, 'happened'. But then, Mother always has known best, hasn't she? I can't help thinking the upper most segment looks remarkably like an archetypal dolmen capstone. Seeing as this was obviously an prehistoric 'special place' maybe the connection isn't as far fetched as I first thought. An intriguing thought...... |
Posted by GLADMAN27th June 2009ce Edited 23rd December 2010ce |
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I didn't read the notes for here beforehand so I was only expecting the "cheesewring". Missed the embanked avenue on the way up. Could have had something to do with the local hunt and the supporters riding past on bikes and quads. Somewhat spoilt things. |
Posted by Mr Hamhead25th January 2004ce |
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Showery Tor ring cairn and cheesewring - 1.4.2003 This is a pretty dramatic setting for a ring cairn. Ring cairns are often made around prominent sites. Craig Weatherhill, in “Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly” (Cornwall Books - 1985, revised 1997 & 2000) says “A natural formation of weathered granite, 5.0m high and reminiscent of the Cheesewring on Stowe’s Hill [near the Hurlers ], is surrounded by a massive ring cairn of piled stone 30m in diameter and up to 1.2m high. The natural formation was evidently intended as a focal point. No excavations have been recorded at this site, so it is not known how many, if any, burials were associated with this presumably Bronze Age site” This post appears as part of the weblog entry Another Kernow Week
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Posted by pure joy6th April 2003ce |
| There on the left on the way up to Roughtor! I'm sure that's Showery tor and I'm sure that looks like a mushroom! The gods have been at play here and they've made a wonder!Mmmmmmmm... |
Posted by thebaz 14th July 2002ce |
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Easily reached from Roughtor carpark. Head towards the left most peak. This strange weathered granite formation is like a mini Cheesewring. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/browse.php?site_id=298 The site is natural but is completely surrounded by an ancient ring cairn of granite stones. There is also evidence of hut circles and ancient field enclosures all over the place. Nice views too |
Posted by phil 6th January 2002ce |
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Showery Tor Embanked Avenue (Cursus) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
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Posted by pure joy 2nd May 2003ce |
Showery Tor Embanked Avenue (Cursus) — Fieldnotes |
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Showery Tor Embanked Avenue - approx SX147813 - 1.4.2003 Peter Herring and Peter Rose, in ‘Bodmin Moor’s Archaeological Heritage’ (Cornwall County Council - 2001) have put forward the idea of two ‘embanked avenues’ on Bodmin Moor which may well have been used in processions. Each is formed by two banks of stones and may be the equivalent of a ‘cursus’. One leads from the West directly towards the tor cairn at Showery Tor (i.e it’s on the west side of Showery Tor). The other is even more impressive and forms part of a major alignment between the Craddock Moor Stone Circle and Stone Row The Showery Tor Embanked Avenue is about 4 metres wide and about 60 metres long, and is relatively easy to see becuase there is a distinct avenue that does lead towards the Tor, but where exactly it starts and stops, and what it was actually used for is not so clear. This post appears as part of the blog post "Another Kernow Week"
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Posted by pure joy 6th April 2003ce |
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