BODMIN MOOR

Bodmin Moor Goen Bren is a granite moorland in northeastern Cornwall  208 square kilometres (80 sq mi) in size, dating from the Carboniferous period of geological history.

It has spectualar granite tors. Stones to you and me,

Cheesewing Tor

Many artisits, writers and poets have been inspired by this moor and ti has been designated an Area of Outstanding Area of Natural Beauty.

Monuments such as the Tor above dating back to the Bronze Age plusa stone rows and hut cirles and standing stones plus holy wells are dotted all over the moor.

 The moor is the source of a number of Cornwall's main rivers. River Fowey, River Tiddy, River Camel, De Lank River.

 The moors have history stretching back to prehistoric times when hunet-gathers first lived on the moors and at that time it had a temperate climate. It was only in about 4,500 to 2,300 BC that people began to clear the trees and started farming the land. Bronze age settlements and enclosures have been found and recorded with the prehistoric stones barrows and ircles are scattered across the moor. Graniote quartrying became prolific when gunpowder became available.  Legend is often rife in Cornwall especailly where Arfthurian legen dis conecrened. Dozmary Pool has been said by some to be the lake where Sir Bedivere threw Excalibur to The Lady of the Lake. Of course the Beast of Bodmin has been reported by many people over many years but has never been proved or idenitified.

 You will need maps of the moor before walking so call into pone of the toursit information centres.

At the heartyof the moor is the famous Jamaica Inn - see Jamacia Inn .

Before walking the moor on foot call into one pof the local toursit information centres to find plenty of kleaflets and maps to help you explore.

The Bodmin & Wenford Railway starts at Bodmin town centre and has an interestin collection fo standard guage locomotives and rolling stock and operates down to the mainline rail junction at Bodmin Parkway.

Bodmin Parkway station is a railway term,inal which has been mainrained in the old era of railway stations and is well worth a visit - go back ib time to the fiftities it is great to see things that have not changed for many years. In fact it was shown on Dr Martin when he collected his parents from the station in the last series.

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