The walk starts on Bodmin where tarmaced roads give way to farm tracks. The route passes the Stannon stone circle and heads west up Louden hill passing prehistoric settlements and a burial chamber. The walk then heads towards Rough Tor to the remanants of a settlement on its slopes. From here the walk heads south to the Fernacre stone circle before swinging west passin numerous cairns and another stone circle along the flanks of Steping Hill and Candra Hill. Once the route reaches the Middle Moor wayside cross it turns north passing more cairns as it completes the circle.
