Bodmin Moor, Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor
Facts and practical information
Bodmin Moor is a granite moorland in north-eastern Cornwall, England. It is 208 square kilometres in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history. It includes Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall, and Rough Tor, a slightly lower peak. Many of Cornwall's rivers have their sources here. It has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic era, when primitive farmers started clearing trees and farming the land. They left their megalithic monuments, hut circles and cairns, and the Bronze Age culture that followed left further cairns, and more stone circles and stone rows. By medieval and modern times, nearly all the forest was gone and livestock rearing predominated. ()
Bodmin Moor – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Jamaica Inn, Camel Trail, Rough Tor, Brown Willy.