Stannon Moor prehistoric relics

A circular walk around Stannon Moor near St Breward with panoramic views of Bodmin Moor, passing stone circles, burial chambers and other prehistoric monuments to a massive granite boulder balanced on Louden Hill which gently rocks if you sit on it.

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The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.

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The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.

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The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.

Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.

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A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.

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Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.

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Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need wifi or a phone signal during the walk.

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The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.

We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.

either as a GPS-guided walk with our app (£3.29) or a PDF of directions (£2.79) Example of directions

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The walk starts on Bodmin Moor where tarmacked roads give way to farm tracks. The route passes the Stannon stone circle, prehistoric settlements and a burial chamber and heads up Louden Hill to the logan rock from which there are spectacular views. The walk then heads towards Rough Tor, to the remnants of a settlement on its slopes, then turns south to the Fernacre stone circle, before swinging west passing numerous cairns, and another stone circle along the flanks of Steping Hill and Candra Hill, and returns via the Middle Moor wayside cross.

Highlights

Ancient stone circles of Stannon and Fernacre
Neolithic settlement remains on Louden Hill and Roughtor
Panoramic views of Roughtor, Brown Willy and Bodmin Moor
Megalithic burial chamber on Louden Hill

Considerations

The moorland landscape is difficult to navigate solely with directions - use of app's map screen is strongly recommended for this walk.

Dogs

There are no stiles on this walk. Sheep and ponies are grazed on the open moor. On the moor, dogs on leads no more than 2m long between 1 March and 31 July (breeding period for ground-nesting birds).

The walk is available through the iWalk Cornwall app for Apple and Android for £3.29 which each include everything listed here.

This removes worries about getting lost by tracking you using GPS, reminding you when you need to follow the next direction and warning you if you wander off the route.

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Vital statistics

OS Explorer: 109
Distance: 3.9 miles/6.2 km
Steepness grade: Easy-moderate
Recommended footwear: waterproof boots (marshy even in summer) and a stick to probe marshy ground with
No stiles: ✓

OS maps for this walk

OS Explorer 109

Points of interest

Links for this walk

More about Logan Rock on Louden Hill
Short URL: http://iwkc.co.uk/w/22

Adjoining walks

Rough Tor and Brown Willy

Walks nearby