West Country
Cornwall
Linkinhorne

Cheesewring

The Cheesewring is a granite tor in , England, situated on the eastern flank of on in the parish of approximately one mile northwest of the village of and four miles north of .
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  • Type: Stone
  • Description: granite tor in Cornwall, United Kingdom, situated on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor on Stowe’s Hill in the parish of Linkinhorne approximately four miles (6 km) north of Liskeard
  • Also known as: “Cheese-wring Stones”, “Cheese-wring Tor”, “Cheesewring Tor”, “the Cheesewring”, “the Wring Cheese Stones”, and “Wring Cheese Stones”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stowe’s Hill and Craddock Moor stone circle.

Peak
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stowe's Hill is an elongated hill, 381 metres high, located on the eastern edge of in the county of , . Stowe's Hill is a prominent granite ridge located about 1500 metres north of , the highest village in Cornwall.

Archaeological site
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Craddock Moor Circle is a stone circle located near on in , . It is situated around half a mile Northwest of . is situated 3,500 feet southwest of Cheesewring.

Ruins
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a disused 19th century copper and tin mine in , England, UK. Heavy metals left over in the soil from the mining operations have allowed mosses and lichens to flourish, and today the site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics. is situated 3,400 feet east of Cheesewring.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Henwood and Minions.

Village
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is a hamlet in the civil parish of in east , England.

Hamlet
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is a village in , England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the eastern flank of northwest of approximately four miles north of .

Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
and Upton are hamlets a quarter of a mile apart in east , England, United Kingdom. Upton is situated at grid reference SX 279 724 north of 5 miles northwest of Callington.

Cheesewring

Latitude
50.52543° or 50° 31′ 32″ north
Longitude
-4.45934° or 4° 27′ 34″ west
Open location code
9C2QGGGR+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2714018872
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­stone
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q5089438
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In Other Languages

From Cornish to Welsh—“Cheesewring” goes by many names.
  • Cornish: “An Geuswask”
  • Cornish: “Keuswask”
  • German: “Cheesewring”
  • Hebrew: “צ’יזרינג”
  • Italian: “Cheesewring”
  • Welsh: “Keuswask”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cheesewring Quarry and Rock stack.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cheesewring”. Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.