Trink Hill is a 212-metre-high hill that lies between the hamlets of Trink and

Cripplesease Cripplesease is a hamlet in the civil parishes of Ludgvan and Towednack, Cornwall, UK. The B3311 road from Penzance to St Ives passes through the hamlet with Ludgvan on the eastern side and Towednack on the west side of the road. Toponymy The ...

, near to the village of

Nancledra Nancledra or Nancledrea is a village in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is three miles (5 km) south of St Ives and four miles (6.5 km) north-northeast of Penzance.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' Nancledra is ...

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, UK.

Trencrom Hill Trencrom Hill (or Trecrobben) is a prominent hill fort, owned by the National Trust, near Lelant, Cornwall. It is crowned by an univallate Neolithic tor enclosure and was re-used as a hillfort in the Iron Age. Cairns or hut circles can be s ...

lies one kilometre to the South East.

Location

(), Landranger Map Number: 203 Latitude: 50.181219N Longitude: 5.497563W

History

A Round barrow exists at the summit, an OS Trig point within it. A stone named after the nearby Giew Mine (or Trink Hill menhir) stands on the western slope of the hill. Twelve O'Clock Rock is a granite outcrop, supposed to be an unusual logan stone in that it can only be rocked at midnight. Wheal Sister mine, covering both Trencrom and Trink hills was a consolidation of four tin mines in October 1875. The mines were previously known as Wheals Kitty, Margaret, Mary and Trencrom. There is a covering of bell heather (''

Erica cinerea ''Erica cinerea'', the bell heather, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, native to western and central Europe. Description It is a low, spreading shrub growing to tall, with fine needle-like leaves long arranged in ...

'') on the hill and in 1926 Miss Gertrude Waterer found a variety with a prostrate habit and lavender flowers. It was commercially introduced by Knap Hill Nursery's in 1933 and awarded a

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ...

's Award of Merit in the same year and in 1984 a Garden Merit.

References

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