Bodmin Moor
Manor Common, near the attractive village of Blisland, was first recorded in the Domesday Book and the area is home to a couple of Cornwall's more interesting stone circles, the Trippet Stones and the Stripple Stones Henge, as well as the ten foot high Jubilee Rock and a peculiar arrangement of stones known as King Arthur's Hall.
South of the A30 lies Siblyback Lake, one of Cornwall's best locations for inland watersports offering tuition, equipment for hire and an informal campsite. Siblyback and it's creepy little sister, Dozmary Pool, where many believe King Arthur's sword Excalibur still lurks, are easily accessible from Bolventor, site of the famous Jamaica Inn, which featured in the smugglers tale of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. Legends and ghost stories abound on Bodmin Moor, while countless reports of a black panther-like big cat have given rise to a phenomenon called The Beast of Bodmin Moor, given to savaging livestock in the dead of night. Bodmin Moor was densely populated during the Bronze Age and numerous fascinating archaelogical remains have been uncovered, including impressive Bronze Age cairns on the slopes of Brown Gelly, the remains of more than fifty Neolithic hut circles on Leskernick Hill, and the impressive Trethevy Quoit, near the village of Minions. Minions is close to numerous other places of interest including Rillaton Barrow, the famous Hurlers stone circles, Daniel Gumb's Cave, and The Cheesewring, a striking wind eroded formation of circular granite rocks balanced on top of each other said to be the result of an epic struggle between the giants and the saints.As well as Neolithic and Bronze Age remains, Bodmin Moor boasts a wealth of other historical features, including Medieval clapper bridges, such as the Delford Bridge which spans the De Lank river near St Breward, and the best-preserved Celtic Holy Well in Cornwall, that of St Cleer, near Bowithick. Trewint, near Altarnun, has strong associations with John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist church, who used to stay in what is now Wesley Cottage on his numerous visits to Cornwall.