The Cheesewring (Cornish: Keuswask[1]) is a granite tor in Cornwall, England, situated on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor on Stowe's Hill in the parish of Linkinhorne approximately one mile northwest of the village of Minions and four miles (6 km) north of Liskeard.[2] It is a natural geological formation, a rock outcrop of granite slabs formed by weathering. The name derives from the resemblance of the piled slabs to a stack of "cheeses" in a traditional cider press.[3]
Wilkie Collins described the Cheesewring in 1861 in his book Rambles Beyond Railways:
If a man dreams of a great pile of stones in a nightmare, he would dream of such a pile as the Cheesewring. All the heaviest and largest of the seven thick slabs of which it is composed are at the top; all the lightest and smallest at the bottom. It rises perpendicularly to a height of thirty-two feet, without lateral support of any kind. The fifth and sixth rocks are of immense size and thickness, and overhang fearfully all round the four lower rocks which support them. All are perfectly irregular; the projections of one do not fit into the interstices of another; they are heaped up loosely in their extraordinary top-heavy form on slanting ground, half way down a steep hill.[4]
Located adjacent to the Cheesewring Quarry (which supplied the granite cladding for the structure of Tower Bridge, London) and surrounded by other granite formations, this landmark was threatened with destruction in the late nineteenth century by the proximity of blasting operations, but was saved as a result of local activism.[5]
^"Cornish Language Partnership : Place names in the SWF". Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
The Cheesewring (Cornish: Keuswask) is a granite tor in Cornwall, England, situated on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor on Stowe's Hill in the parish...
between the railhead at Liskeard (from where rail links reached to the Cheesewring on Bodmin Moor) and the port of Looe. In 1856 the large quay of East...
Work started at the Cheesewring, and the permanent way used stone block sleepers, the stone blocks being procured at Cheesewring itself. Lower down, serious...
The granite column (which still exists) had been manufactured at the Cheesewring Quarry near Liskeard in Cornwall and carried by horse-drawn cart from...
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representation of the Cheesewring and Sharptor in 1856 Poster (engraving) advertising excursions to Cornwall featuring the Cheesewring (slightly exaggerated)...
the Parish of Linkinhorne, with a Branch Railway from Crow's Nest to Cheesewring, all in the County of Cornwall. Merthyr Tydfil Justices of the Peace...
occurring piles of granite boulders around the summit, and one, known as the Cheesewring is composed of five separate rocks which get progressively higher towards...
building. Daniel Gumb (d. 1776), a stonemason, lived in a cottage near the Cheesewring; several gravestones in Linkinhorne churchyard were carved by him. In...
Daniel Gumb, the "Mountain Philosopher" who lived amongst the rocks at Cheesewring. Devon portal Cornwall portal Selleck Three Centuries of Ceramic Art...
operations. 1308 Lady Margret – an Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. 2-4-0T 1311 Cheesewring – a Gilkes Wilson and Company 0-6-0ST 1312 Kilmar – a Hopkins Gilkes...
any burials were made there. The granite outcrop is reminiscent of the Cheesewring and made of individual blocks on underlying outcrops formed by erosion...
Petroc Sonata Piano (1980) Kalaallit Nunaat Organ (1980) Christ at the Cheesewring Cantata for baritone, chorus, strings and percussion (1981) When Stars...
transport. From 1839 granite too began to be seriously quarried at the Cheesewring. Moving the minerals by pack horse was expensive and inconvenient, and...
Willy Bodmin Moor Massive tor enclosure (Stowe's Pound) and site of the Cheesewring Langstone Downs 379 33 SX255738 TuMP Brown Willy Bodmin Moor Large ancient...
although nearby Minions has some historical attractions in the form of The Cheesewring—a stone monument at the head of a quarry—and The Hurlers, a set of standing...
has continued – on and off – up to the present day. A siding for the Cheesewring Quarry Company opposite the station was later used by the Cornwall County...
during the railway construction period. Granite sleeper blocks (from Cheesewring) were used. In the Looe Valley from Tregarland to Looe longitudinal timbers...
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