Hawk's Tor
There are two hills called Hawk's Tor on Bodmin Moor, one near North Hill and the other near Blisland. The one at North Hill is occasionally spelt Hawke's Tor, but usually they are spelt identically.
Near the top of the tor are the circular remains of a large (8 metre diameter) prehistoric hut. It seems incomprehensible such a barren location would be chosen as a residence, but during this period, all of the low-lying land would have been under forest so this would have been an elevated forest clearing rather than a barren moor.
On Hawks Tor Downs, on the slopes of the hill, are the remains of a mediaeval field system based on ridges and furrows and with cairns created from clearing lumps of granite from the fields.
On walks
- North Hill to Hawks Tor (3.7 mile walk)
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