Hawk’s Tor

Nearest town:
Liskeard (11km S)
OS reference:
SX254760
OS sheet:
201
Latitude:
50° 33' 25.32 N
Longitude:
4° 27' 54.88 W
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Image of Hawk’s Tor (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Hawk’s Tor from Noddon Lane to the south. The facing slopes below the rocky outcrop are the site of an extensive prehistoric settlement. Hawk’s Tor itself is one of the last upland bastions of the northeastern edge of the moor, which drops away to the Withey Brook valley.

Image credit: A. Brookes (23.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 10, 2016

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Hawk’s Tor
Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
markj99
markj99 Apr 12, 2021

Directions to Hawk’s Tor

From N: The B3254 heads S off the A30 at Launceton. Take the first left for B3254 St Petherwin at the first roundabout. Stay on the B3254 for c. 7 miles. Cross the Lynher river into Berriow Bridge. There is an unsigned dead-end lane turning R at the end of the narrow bridge . Follow this track uphill for c. 1.25 miles to reach a Car Park at a cattle grid at the end of the public road.

From S: From A38 take the A390 Liskeard exit. Follow All Routes B3254 into Liskeard. The B3254 becomes Pound St. Take the second exit R for All other routes at the roundabout, avoiding the Town Centre. Take the first L for B3254 Pensilva/St Cleer at the double roundabout. Follow the B3254 for c. 8 miles to reach Berriow Bridge. At the N end of Berriow Bridge there is an unsigned dead-end lane turning L just before the narrow bridge over the Lynher River. Follow this track uphill for c. 1.25 miles to reach a Car Park at a cattle grid at the end of the public road.

Twelve Men’s Moor starts here. There are many sites to be explored from here: They include Cairns, a Cist, the Pyramid Stone and a Settlement on Twelve Men’s Moor, an unusual Stone Row on Hawk’s Tor Summit and Arthur’s Bed on Trewortha Tor, all in a square kilometre.

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Hawk’s Tor
Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
markj99
markj99 Oct 28, 2020

There is a proposal by The Stone Rows of Great Britain website that the row of small stones on top of Hawk’s Tor are a rare type of stone row. 5 stones up to 1m high have been carefully wedged into a rock crevice. This 5m row of stones runs from SE to NW. The stone row aligns with a prominent notch in an adjacent tor stack to the SE.
According to their calculations the midwinter sun viewed from the NW along the stone row will rise in the base of the notch.
The Stone Rows of Great Britain report (go to Links) gives a detailed survey of the site.

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