Trink Hill
Hill in west Cornwall, England
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Trink Hill (Cornish: Karn Boslenwow, meaning tor of a dwelling with strips of land)[1] is a 212-metre-high hill that lies between the hamlets of Trink (Cornish: Trefrynk) and Cripplesease, near to the village of Nancledra (Cornish: Nanskledri). Trencrom Hill (Cornish: Torr Krobm) lies one kilometre to the South East.[2]
Location
(grid reference SW504371), Landranger Map Number: 203 Latitude: 50.181219N Longitude: 5.497563W
History
A Round barrow exists at the summit, an OS Trig point within it.[3]
A stone named after the nearby Giew Mine (or Trink Hill menhir) stands on the western slope of the hill.[4][5]
Twelve O'Clock Rock (Cornish: Men Hanter-nos)[6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
