"A walk of about three miles will bring us to that part of Hayne Down, on which the strange rock figure, Bowerman's Nose, stands conspicuous against the sky. It is not surprising that past antiquaries have regarded this piece of natural formation as a rock idol. We like to keep our Bowerman as a personality, and we are hardly grateful, therefore, to modern learning, which comes down upon us and says we have ignorantly corrupted the Celtic name of Vawr Maen, the Great Stone."
Cresswell 1921
[Celtic grammar would make it Maen Vawr, however!]
Map - Bowerman's Nose
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