50°33′00″N 4°37′30″W / 50.5501°N 4.6249°W / 50.5501; -4.6249

Hawk's Tor
View from the trig point on Hawk's Tor.
Highest point
Elevation307 m (1,007 ft)[1]
Prominence61 m (200 ft)[1]
ListingTump
Geography
LocationWest Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
OS gridSX141755
Topo mapOS Landranger 200, Explorer 109
Geology
Mountain typegranite tor

Hawk's Tor is a hill and tor on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, UK. Its summit is 307 metres (1,007 ft) above sea level.[2]

The tor, which is in the civil parish of Blisland, is located 7 miles (11 km) north east of the town of Bodmin.[2] The slopes of the tor contain Hawkstor Downs, the Stripple stones, a stone circle and Hawkstor Pit, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest noted for its biological interest.[3]

There is another Hawk's Tor (329 m) on Bodmin Moor, further east, near the village of North Hill.[2]

In 2022 the Hawks Tor reservoir, an old clay pit, was bought online by South West Water.[4] Its volume is about 1.5 million cubic metres.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Hawk's Tor at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 29 Dec 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  3. "Hawkstor Pit" (PDF). Natural England. 1993. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  4. "South West Water progresses with new Hawks Tor Reservoir". www.southwestwater.co.uk. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  5. "Hawk's Tor drought permit - South West Water". www.southwestwater.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2023.


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