Trink Hill is a 212-metre-high hill that lies between the hamlets of Trink and Cripplesease, near to the village of Nancledra, Cornwall, UK. Trencrom Hill lies one kilometre to the South East.[1]
Location
edit(grid reference SW504371), Landranger Map Number: 203 Latitude: 50.181219N Longitude: 5.497563W
History
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A Round barrow exists at the summit, an OS Trig point within it.[2]
A stone named after the nearby Giew Mine (or Trink Hill menhir) stands on the western slope of the hill.[3][4]
Twelve O'Clock Rock is a granite outcrop, supposed to be an unusual logan stone in that it can only be rocked at midnight.
Wheal Sister mine, covering both Trencrom and Trink hills was a consolidation of four tin mines in October 1875. The mines were previously known as Wheals Kitty, Margaret, Mary and Trencrom.[5]
There is a covering of bell heather (Erica cinerea) on the hill and in 1926 Miss Gertrude Waterer found a variety with a prostrate habit and lavender flowers. It was commercially introduced by Knap Hill Nursery's in 1933 and awarded a Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Merit in the same year and in 1984 a Garden Merit.[6]
References
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- ^ Explorer 102 Land's End. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2005. ISBN 0 319 23703 6.
- ^ "Trink Hill". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Giew Mixed Mine (United Kingdom)". AditNow. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Giew Mine Alternative Name: Trink Hill menhir". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ Rollingstone (22 May 1879). "A Visit to Wheal Sisters". The Cornishman. No. 45. p. 6.
- ^ Fordham, Roy (2000). Eden Valley. In Ludgvan A Century of Horticulture 1903-2003. Ludgvan: Ludgvan Horticultural Society. pp. 25–8.