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Hawk's Tor, Blisland

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Hawk's Tor
View from the trig point on Hawk's Tor.
Highest point
Elevation	307 m (1,007 ft)^[1]
Prominence	61 m (200 ft)^[1]
Listing	Tump
Geography
Location	West Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
OS grid	SX141755
Topo map	OS Landranger 200, Explorer 109
Geology
Mountain type	granite tor

Hawk's Tor is a hill and toronBodmin MoorinCornwall, 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[edit]

^ ^a ^b Hawk's Tor at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 29 Dec 2016.

^ ^a ^b ^c Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5

^ "Hawkstor Pit" (PDF). Natural England. 1993. Retrieved 1 November 2011.

^ "South West Water progresses with new Hawks Tor Reservoir". www.southwestwater.co.uk. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

^ "Hawk's Tor drought permit - South West Water". www.southwestwater.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

v t e Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Summary	Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
Cornwall	Aire Point to Carrick Du Baulk Head to Mullion Bedruthan Steps and Park Head Belowda Beacon Boscastle to Widemouth Boscawen Bude Coast Caerthillian to Kennack Cameron Quarry Carn Grey Rock and Quarry Clicker Tor Quarry Cligga Head Coverack Cove and Dolor Point Coverack to Porthoustock Crocadon Quarry Crow's Nest Cuckoo Rock to Turbot Point Cudden Point to Prussia Cove De Lank Quarries Duckpool to Furzey Cove East Lizard Heathlands Folly Rocks Gerrans Bay to Camels Cove Godrevy Head to St Agnes Great Wheal Fortune Greystone Quarry Gwithian to Mexico Towans Harbour Cove Hawkstor Pit Hingston Down Quarry & Consols Kennack to Coverack Kingsand to Sandway Point Lidcott Mine Loe Pool Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal Luxulyan Quarry Meneage Coastal Section Mulberry Downs Quarry Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff Penberthy Croft Mine Penlee Point Penlee Quarry Pentire Peninsula Polyne Quarry Polyphant Porthcew Porthleven Cliffs Porthleven Cliffs East Rame Head & Whitsand Bay Roche Rock Rock Dunes Rosemullion Rosenun Lane South Terras Mine St Agnes Beacon Pits St Erth Sand Pits St Mewan Beacon St Michael's Mount Stepper Point Stourscombe Quarry Swanpool Tater-du Tintagel Cliffs Trebetherick Point Tregargus Quarries Trelavour Downs Tremearne Par Trevaunance Cove Trevone Bay Trevose Head and Constantine Bay Viverdon Quarry West Lizard Wheal Alfred Wheal Gorland Wheal Martyn Wheal Penrose Yeolmbridge Quarry
Isles of Scilly	Castle Down (Tresco) Chapel Down (St. Martin's) Peninnis Head (St. Mary's) Porth Seal (St. Martin's) Porthloo Shipman Head & Shipman Down (Bryher) St Martin's Sedimentary Shore Teän Watermill Cove White Island
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