| 词条 | Hingston Down |
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Hingston Down is a hill not far from Gunnislake in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It should not be confused with the Hingston Down at {{coord|50.661|-3.746|display=inline}}, a hill spur about a mile east of the town of Moretonhampstead in the neighbouring county of Devon. HistoryThe hill is usually accepted as the place mentioned in an entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 835 (corrected by scholars to 838) which says that Egbert king of the West Saxons defeated an army of Vikings and Cornish at the Battle of Hingston Down (Hengestdūn = "Stallion Hill").[1] GeologyThe Hingston Down Consols mine on the hill is the type locality for the mineral Arthurite,[2] which was discovered here.[3] There is also a quarry on the hill,[4] which forms the Hingston Down Quarry & Consols Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its mineralisation.[5] See also
References1. ^See, for example: {{cite book| last=Higham| first=Robert| title=Making Anglo-Saxon Devon| publisher=The Mint Press| location=Exeter| year=2008| page=64| isbn=978-1-903356-57-9}} {{SSSIs Cornwall geological}}In the October 2007 issue of Cornish World Magazine, Craig Weatherhill suggested the Hingston Down near Moretonhampstead in Devon as a more likely location. {{cite web|url=http://www.cornishworldmagazine.co.uk/content/view/71/101/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-06-29 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509190835/http://www.cornishworldmagazine.co.uk/content/view/71/101/ |archivedate=9 May 2008 |df= }} 2. ^Hingston Down Consols, Gunnislake Area, Callington District, Cornwall, England, UK 3. ^{{cite book |last=Embrey |first=P. G. |authorlink= |author2=Symes, R. F. |title= Minerals of Cornwall and Devon |origdate= |year= 1987 |publisher= British Museum (Natural History)|location= London|language= |isbn= 0-565-00989-3|oclc= |doi= |id= |chapter= The mines and mining|page= 58 }} 4. ^Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake Area, Callington District, Cornwall, England, UK 5. ^{{cite web|title=Hingston Down Quarry & Consols|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000098.pdf|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=1 November 2011|year=1995}} 5 : History of Cornwall|Hills of Cornwall|Military history of Cornwall|Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall|Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1995 |
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