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Minions Heritage Centre

Minions Heritage Centre, Minions, Cornwall PL14

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About Minions Heritage Centre

A small but engaging heritage centre in the former engine house at Minions, the highest village on Bodmin Moor, telling the story of the bronze and copper mining that shaped this landscape in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The centre sits at the heart of a landscape rich in prehistory — the Hurlers stone circles are a five-minute walk away.

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The Hurlers Stone Circles

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Three Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line on the moor above Minions village are among the finest prehistoric monuments in Britain. Legend has it they are men turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday. The circles stand in a landscape also dotted with cairns, engine houses, and the Cheesewring rock formation — an astonishing concentration of human and natural drama.

0.2 km away

Cheesewring

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A natural granite stack on Stowes Hill above Minions, the Cheesewring is a spectacular product of the differential weathering that has sculpted Bodmin Moor's tors over millions of years. The larger slabs balance on smaller ones in a seemingly impossible stack, giving it the appearance of giant cheeses in a press. The views from the hillside encompass most of eastern Cornwall.

0.5 km away

Darite Village

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Darite is a village in the civil parish of St Cleer, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. As a programmatic destination page, it works well as a hub for nearby beaches, walks, heritage sites, food spots and local itinerary links across CornwallMagazine.

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Crow's Nest Village

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Crow's Nest is a village in Cornwall, England. As a programmatic destination page, it works well as a hub for nearby beaches, walks, heritage sites, food spots and local itinerary links across CornwallMagazine.

2.1 km away

Henwood Village

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Henwood is a hamlet in the civil parish of Linkinhorne in east Cornwall, England. As a programmatic destination page, it works well as a hub for nearby beaches, walks, heritage sites, food spots and local itinerary links across CornwallMagazine.

2.2 km away

Common Moor Village

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Common Moor or Commonmoor is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. As a programmatic destination page, it works well as a hub for nearby beaches, walks, heritage sites, food spots and local itinerary links across CornwallMagazine.

2.6 km away

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