The Bowl Rock

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Bowl Rock by Graham Horn as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

The Bowl Rock

Image: © Graham Horn Taken: 2 Jul 2011

The story goes that it is one of the stones used by the giants playing a game of bowls from the nearby Trencrom Hill. In reality it is a granite outlier. It is cared for by The National Trust. How do you care for a rock?

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.178863
Longitude
-5.471193