Trink Hill

View of Trencrom Hill, Trink Hill and Worvas Hill (Knill's Monument) from Hayle

Trink Hill (Cornish: Karn Boslenwow, meaning tor of a dwelling with strips of land) 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.

Location

(grid reference SW504371), Landranger Map Number: 203 Latitude: 50.181219N Longitude: 5.497563W

History

Twelve O'Clock rock, Trink Hill

A Round barrow exists at the summit, an OS Trig point within it.

A stone named after the nearby Giew Mine (or Trink Hill menhir) stands on the western slope of the hill.

Twelve O'Clock Rock (Cornish: Men Hanter-nos) 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.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Trink Hill". Map. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
  2. ↑ Explorer 102 Land's End. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2005. ISBN 0 319 23703 6.
  3. ↑ "Trink Hill". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Giew Mixed Mine (United Kingdom)". AditNow. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Giew Mine Alternative Name: Trink Hill menhir". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Twelve o'Clock Stone (Trink Hill)". Map. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
  7. ↑ Rollingstone (22 May 1879). "A Visit to Wheal Sisters". The Cornishman. No. 45. p. 6.
  8. ↑ Fordham, Roy (2000). Eden Valley. In Ludgvan A Century of Horticulture 1903-2003. Ludgvan: Ludgvan Horticultural Society. pp. 25–8.

50°10′52″N 5°29′51″W / 50.18121°N 5.497563°W / 50.18121; -5.497563