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Taken from the road by Brunnion cottages looking north to Trink Hill
©Sheila Russell
Dist:0.5km<br/>Below Trink Hill.
©Rod Allday
Dist:0.5km<br/>Pub sign at Cripplesease.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.6km<br/>This hunk of granite perches on the southern slope of Trink Hill, a prominent feature on this side of the hill. The rock is also known as the Twelve-O'Clock Stone after the folklore associated with it. From Popular Romances of the West of England: "NUMBERS of people would formerly visit a remarkable Logan stone, near Nancledrea, which had been, by supernatural power, impressed with some peculiar sense at midnight. Although it was quite impossible to move this stone during daylight, or indeed by human power at any other time, it would rock like a cradle exactly at midnight. Many a child has been cured of rickets by being placed naked at this hour on the twelve-o'clock stone. If, however, the child was "misbegotten," or, if it was the offspring of dissolute parents, the stone would not move, and consequently no cure was effected."
©Jim Champion
Dist:0.6km<br/>This hunk of granite perches on the southern slope of Trink Hill, a prominent feature on this side of the hill. The hill in the distance, with its many granite outcrops, is Trencrom Hill - the site of an iron-age hillfort and well. The rock is also known as the Twelve-O'Clock Stone after the folklore associated with it. From Popular Romances of the West of England: "NUMBERS of people would formerly visit a remarkable Logan stone, near Nancledrea, which had been, by supernatural power, impressed with some peculiar sense at midnight. Although it was quite impossible to move this stone during daylight, or indeed by human power at any other time, it would rock like a cradle exactly at midnight. Many a child has been cured of rickets by being placed naked at this hour on the twelve-o'clock stone. If, however, the child was "misbegotten," or, if it was the offspring of dissolute parents, the stone would not move, and consequently no cure was effected."
©Jim Champion
Dist:0.6km<br/>This is typical of the boundary stones in the area. The pumphouse for the tin mine at Cripplesease is in the background.
©Guy Butler-Madden
Dist:0.7km<br/>This trig pillar is near the summit of Trink Hill, set in the top of a round barrow. The hill across the valley is Trencrom Hill [[SW5136]].
©Jim Champion
Dist:0.7km<br/>This finely preserved Engine House is a landmark along the B3311. The mine was worked up till 1922. There is a small car park at the site and fine views, with the sea visible in the distance to N and S.
©John Harrison
Dist:0.8km<br/>This damp grassy field is on the windswept western side of Trink Hill. The top of the ruined engine house of Giew Mine is just visible left of centre.
©Jim Champion
Dist:0.8km<br/>The stone bears the letters S and G on this side and P and N on the other.
©Rod Allday
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©Bill Henderson
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©Trish Steel
Dist:0.8km<br/>A prominent landmark beside the B3311, this stands above the 225m deep Frank's Shaft. The brickwork is missing from the top of the chimney, giving rise to its stubby appearance.
©Rod Allday
Dist:0.8km<br/>Engine house of Giew tin mine north of Cripplesease. Giew Mine lies alongside the B3311 minor road linking Penzance and St. Ives. [[2255379]]
©Helmut Zozmann
Dist:0.8km<br/>Near the hamlet of Trencrom.
©Rod Allday

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