Corn Hole/ Bowl

Josephine Collingwood writes: “There are landscape features in northern Dartmoor that are bowl-like, such as that on the north end of Corn Ridge near Shelstone Tor. Previously thought of as ‘nivation hollows’ where snow accumulates and compacts, these are early stage glacial cirques of ‘corries’ where ice accumulated and scooped out the hillside further into an amphitheatre shaped hollow.”

Reference:

  • Collingwood, J. (2022): Geology of Dartmoor – An Introduction to Dartmoor Through Deep Time; Its Geology, Tor Formation and Mineralogy.

B.M. 1943.6, WF

At the original NGR there were two small granite rocks but neither, sadly, seemed to possess a benchmark, even after searching, so I decided to take a little wander to see if I could find any other rocks, and sure enough, close by and less than 10 or so metres from the NGR, I spotted a candidate. It was a very small slab but I pulled part of the mossy, grassy carpet back and voila! A benchmark! I was ecstatic.

Again, wonderful mud painting work by Fiona Rothwell! :o) MP

Reference: Side by Side