On a clear day you can see forever...
The Cheesewring is a short walk (approx. 1½ km the north) across the moor. On a clear day its distinct shape can be seen from most parts of the Minions moor - standing on the edge of the Cheesewring Quarry. Its shape has been the subject of many debates; the result of weather erosion on the granite strata of the moor over many years. From the Cheesewring the views across the Cornish countryside and into Devon are nothing less than stunning on a clear day.
A couple of young ladies take in the view from this magical place. The Cheesewring is just to the left of them...
I am adding here a little more info as it gives another explanation of the name given to the rock formation over to the left of the photo.
A photo of the actual full granite structure is further back in my stream taken as the sun was setting. Thank you so much for visiting my photo stream and I am only too pleased to try my best to get a tiny smidgin of the atmosphere at this place which we found so amazing. We wondered why we were the only ones left till the sun set and a velvet cloak of pure black settled around us due to the cloud cover you see here.
Just outside the village of Minions, on the edge of Bodmin Moor, stands one of Cornwall's most amazing natural rock formations, a granite tor known as Cheesewring. The name derives from the traditional presses used to squeeze all the liquid out of cheese. With some imagination you can convince yourself that the bizarrely shaped layers of granite rocks look like the cheese presses, or 'wrings'.
Cheesewring is, in fact, a natural geological formation of granite slabs, formed by weathering over the course of hundreds of years. Large discs of stones are stacked atop each other in bizarre formations that seem as though they should not be able to stand upright without toppling, but they do. Some of the slabs are up to 30 feet across, and sit atop much smaller rocks.
On a clear day you can see forever...
The Cheesewring is a short walk (approx. 1½ km the north) across the moor. On a clear day its distinct shape can be seen from most parts of the Minions moor - standing on the edge of the Cheesewring Quarry. Its shape has been the subject of many debates; the result of weather erosion on the granite strata of the moor over many years. From the Cheesewring the views across the Cornish countryside and into Devon are nothing less than stunning on a clear day.
A couple of young ladies take in the view from this magical place. The Cheesewring is just to the left of them...
I am adding here a little more info as it gives another explanation of the name given to the rock formation over to the left of the photo.
A photo of the actual full granite structure is further back in my stream taken as the sun was setting. Thank you so much for visiting my photo stream and I am only too pleased to try my best to get a tiny smidgin of the atmosphere at this place which we found so amazing. We wondered why we were the only ones left till the sun set and a velvet cloak of pure black settled around us due to the cloud cover you see here.
Just outside the village of Minions, on the edge of Bodmin Moor, stands one of Cornwall's most amazing natural rock formations, a granite tor known as Cheesewring. The name derives from the traditional presses used to squeeze all the liquid out of cheese. With some imagination you can convince yourself that the bizarrely shaped layers of granite rocks look like the cheese presses, or 'wrings'.
Cheesewring is, in fact, a natural geological formation of granite slabs, formed by weathering over the course of hundreds of years. Large discs of stones are stacked atop each other in bizarre formations that seem as though they should not be able to stand upright without toppling, but they do. Some of the slabs are up to 30 feet across, and sit atop much smaller rocks.