Butterflies & Boulders

you reach the river and then On the find awooden footbridge. quarry floor you will south Once across the need to walk out of the car park, the path bears left and meanders cross over the track and pick up the foot- past the Old Pumping House – this path again in a gap in the trees the other side penquite has recently been restored and now houses of the fenced settling tanks just to the right a new hydro-electric plant. The path will then of a small granite shed. This is a working wind up the hill and pass Eddystone Court. quarry so please be mindful of heavy ma- Granite trail chinery and stick to the footpath – there are Walk down to the end of the farm entrance Pick up the footpath again through a a signs and marker posts to direct you. nk Qu rry on the other side of the La lane. Just before you approach the green kissing gate e D triangle which contains the Farm Sign, if you quarry entrance road, and continue look to your right you will notice a prominent following the fence on your right granite post with a white arrow painted on it. until you come to a stile. Following this, walk through the old gateway and continue across the open moor keeping Over the stile and follow the an ancient broken bank on your right – do footpath up, turn right when not follow the road hedge. it meets a new path and walk to the You will pass two on your left top of the hill. small ponds s and eventually will come to the corner of a nk De Lank Ta Settling much more prominent Cornish hedge which Quarry you need now to keep on your left as you continue in the same direction now ck Ro following some small vehicle tracks e ile b Style Fenced u J You will now come across a famous Settling Tanks local landmark – Jubilee Rock. Style This large granite rock was decorated in 1810 by one Lt. John Rogers whilst on sick leave to celebrate the Golden Pearl-bordered Jubilee of George III. Carved on Fritillary one side of the rock are the coats Kissing Gate of arms for Falmouth & Morshead, Eddystone with the Molesworth arms on the Court other and the figure of Britannia (as Wind depicted on the old penny coin) given Turbine pride of place on the front face. Climb the rock for one of the widest views in !

Continue to follow the tracks downwards Farmyard and you will come to a sunken lane. Pass through the wooden gate Entrance and follow the track down to the Bridge Gate hamlet of Pendrift. At the bottom Wooden Footbridge turn right at the “T” junction and continue on the track to the end, through the large wooden gate to Trelake the left of the house Trelake, and into the fields beyond. Pendrift Bottoms You are now on a footpath, and keeping t Bott close to the hedge on your right you will ndrif oms Pe cross two fields and head downhill Follow White ending up at a charming style and Arrow here granite steps that lead you back Farm on to the moors. Sign Ponds The spectacular natural bowl before Jubilee you is called Pendrift Bottoms Rock and if you look across the valley to the right you will see a prominent Small Style with Tortoiseshell house by the quarry in the distance. Granite Gate Follow the initially steep path down Steps across the moors, weaving through the bracken whilst continuing to head in the Hamlet of Pendrift direction of the house. Just before you pass (turn right at “T” ) under the telegraph wires you will lose sight By the pile of the house, but just follow the path keeping of rocks on the the wooded valley slope on your right until summit you will clearly be able to see the South Penquite wind turbine on Marsh Fritillary the other side of the valley. Keep on the path, over the brow, and down right into Head up the very steep side ne the De Lank Quarry. Granite from the Quarry La of the valley and over a stile Su ken was used for important and famous landmarks n and you are back on South - the Eddystone LightHouse (1882), the Penquite Farm! Beachy Head Lighthouse (1900) and Tower Bridge in 1890. The Granite was transported Follow footpath right and then through a gate using the local Railway from its station at into a wooded area and then out into another Wenford, and the Granite was then shipped field and walk until you reach a farm track. from ports at and to its Follow this track right, over a cattle grid and destinations all over England. More recently stream, and it will lead you eventually back 545 blocks of De Lank granite were used in to the farm entrance gate. the construction of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park.

Distance: 33/4 miles / 6 km 2 - 21/2 hours at a leisurely pace

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