Direct-authored thread on the Cheese Wring: weathering, not builders, produced its cheese-press shape.

A Rock Pile That Looks Like Cheese

The Cheese Wring in Cornwall: eight rough granite blocks stacked 32 feet high, the top block wider than the ones beneath — built by nothing but weathering.

A Rock Pile That Looks Like Cheese

No mason ever touched it. Softer rock around the granite eroded away over time, leaving only the harder blocks balanced on each other.

A Rock Pile That Looks Like Cheese

Nearby stand the logan, or rocking, stones — blocks so finely balanced a push can rock them, though they weigh many tons.

A Rock Pile That Looks Like Cheese

Ordinary weathering, given enough time, produces shapes people mistake for architecture.

That's the whole trick of the Cheese Wring.

A Rock Pile That Looks Like Cheese

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