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Hensbarrow Beacon
Hensbarrow Beacon is a hill in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated a mile north-west of Stenalees village at . It is the highest natural point of the Hensbarrow uplands, a natural region and national character area.〔(''Hensbarrow'' ) at www.naturalengland.org.uk. Accessed on 2 Sep 2013〕
The natural summit of Hensbarrow Beacon is 312m high and is marked by a trig point.〔Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 ''Landranger'' map series.〕 It can be reached by a short walk from the road to the west. However, the summit is overtopped by several large spoil heaps from the nearby china clay workings, the highest of which rises to 355 m, therefore creating an 'artificial' summit 43 metres higher than the natural one.
Geographically, the hill is also the highest point of the St Austell Downs, a large region of downland to the north-west of St Austell. The large degree of separation between it and Bodmin Moor to the north-east gives it enough relative height to make it a Marilyn〔(''Hensbarrow Beacon'' ) at the Database of British and Irish Hills. Accessed on 2 Sep 2013〕 (its parent is Brown Willy).
The medieval Blackmoor Stannary was centred at Hensbarrow Beacon, with its records stored at the church in Luxulyan.
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