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.
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