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Hawker's Hut

This driftwood hut on the cliffs near Morwenstow is the National Trust's smallest property. It was built by the eccentric Reverend Hawker, who was vicar of Morwenstow from 1834 until his death in 1875. Hawker would sit in his hut and write poetry and it was here that he penned 'The Song of the Western Men', which has become a Cornish anthem.

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