Hawk's Tor is a hill and

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Bodmin Moor Bodmin Moor () is a granite moorland in north-eastern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geology, geological history. It includes Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall, and Rough To ...

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, UK. Its summit is above sea level.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The tor, which is in the civil parish of

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, is located north east of the town of

Bodmin Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordered ...

. The slopes of the tor contain Hawkstor Downs, the

Stripple stones The Stripple stones (or Stripple stones circle) is a henge and stone circle located on the south slope of Hawk's Tor, Blisland, north northeast of Bodmin on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, UK. Description First recorded by this name during ...

, a

stone circle A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany – and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, with most being ...

and Hawkstor Pit, which is a

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noted for its

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interest. There is another Hawk's Tor (329 m) on Bodmin Moor, further east, near the village of North Hill. In 2022 the Hawks Tor reservoir, an old clay pit, was bought online by South West Water. Its volume is about 1.5 million cubic metres.

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