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Trencrom Hill

Near Lelant, Cornwall

A giants' hill where boulders were thrown across Cornwall.

Trencrom Hill is topped by an Iron Age fort. Cornish legend says giants lived here and played catch with boulders with the giant of St Michael's Mount, which is why rocks lie scattered about.

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When
Iron Age and legend
Where
50.1750, -5.4740
Group
Hill figures & giants

Visiting

National Trust, free. A short climb with views of both coasts.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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