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Acknowledgements Second Edition Acknowledgements Second edition Although this book was a labour of love for my father, the second edition has required the input of various people. Thanks must go to firstly to all those who supplied corrections, with special thanks to Ian Smith who spent weeks walking the Moor checking up sites and grid references; secondly, to the proof-readers for spotting all those OCR glitches and checking the indices, including Anthony Francis-Jones and Ian Smith (again); thirdly for my wife who barely saw me away from the computer for five months as I pulled this project together; and lastly for Zathras who has instinctive timing of when to sit on the keyboard, and without whom there would have been far fewer random errors. 381 Gorse J 2 Hooten Wheals P 12 Michelcombe Q 14 Index Great Kneeset F 8 Horn’s Cross P 13 Middlecott F 16 Great Links Tor F 5 Horrabridge P 3 Miolstone K 16 To squares Great Mis Tor L 6 Hound Tor K 17 Money Pit, The N 14 Great Rock Mine I 22 Huckworthy Bridge P 4 Moor Cross T 15 Great Staple Tor L 5 Huntingdon Warren Fm. R 12 Moretonhampstead F 18 Great Varracombe G 10 Hurston Row H 13 Museum Of Dartmoor A 8 Grenofen Tunnel O 2 Ilsington L 20 Nakers Hill Q 11 Grey Wethers H 11 Irishman’s Wall C 10 Neadon H 18 Addiscott Cross B 13 Buckland Beacon N 17 Devil’s Elbow N 7 Greystone C 18 Jan Coo O 14 New Walls For Old L13 Amicombe Brook H 7 Buckland Bridge O 16 Devonport Leat O 9 Grim’s Grave S 9 Jay’s Grave J 16 New Waste V 10 Amicombe Hill F 7 Buckland In The Moor N 16 Dewerstone, The T 5 Grimspound I 15 John Bishop O 11 Nine Maidens, The B 9 Ashburton P 18 Bullaton Farm I 21 Dinger Tor E 8 Guide Stones M 3 Jolly Lane Cot N 12 Norsworthy Blowing Hse. Q 6 Aune Head Q 12 Burrator Dam Q 5 Ditsworthy Warren Hse. S 8 Hairy Hands, The K 11 Jordan M 15 North Bovey H 17 Avon Dam S 13 Canonteign Falls I 23 Doccombe F 20 Hall Farm W 10 Jurston G 14 North Brentor I 1 Bagga Tor J 5 Castle Drogo D 16 Dogmarsh Bridge D 15 Hamel Down J 15 Keble Martin’s Chapel R 13 Nun’s Cross P 9 Bagtor Mill M 19 Cataloo Steps I 5 Dolly Trebble O 11 Hameldown Beacon K 15 Kennick Reservoir G 21 Ockerton Court F 9 Barramoor H 16 Cater’s Beam Q 10 Drewsteignton C 17 Hangman’s Pit O 13 Kestor Rock F 13 Ockery Bridge N 8 Beara House & Mill O 12 Cator` L 13 Drewston E 16 Harbourneford U 16 Knack Mine Ford E 9 Oke Tor D 9 Beardown Man J 8 Chagford E 15 Drizzlecombe R 8 Harford W 11 Lady’s Wood W 14 Okehampton Castle A 7 Becka Falls J 18 Challacombe K 14 Duck’s Pool R 10 Harrowbeer Down Q 3 Lake Viaduct E 4 Owlacombe Cross O 19 Belford Mill O 18 Chaw Gully J 14 Dunnabridge Pound M 11 Hawson Cross R 16 Langcombe Hill S 10 Parke K 21 Bellever Bridge L 12 Childe’s Tomb P 10 Dunsford D 21 Haytor Down K 19 Langstone, The K 5 Penn Beacon T 8 Bellever Tor L 11 China Clay Pools S 5 Dunsford Mill Steps E 22 Haytor Tramway K 18 Langstone Moor K 6 Petre’s Pits T 12 Belstone Cleave A 10 Cholwichtown Waste U 8 Dunstone M 16 Haytor Main Quarry L 18 Langworthy L 15 Piles Hill V 12 Belstone Village B 10 Christow G 23 East Ash Manor C 14 Haytor Vale L 19 Leat Meet M 8 Pixies’ Cross N 2 Black Dunghill L 7 Clearbrook, Skylarks At S 4 East Bovey Head H 14 Headlands Farm Cross L 3 Leather Tor P 6 Pixies’ Pool D 8 Black Ridge Peat Pass G 8 Clifford Bridge D 20 East Okement, Crossing A 9 Heathercombe Fishes, The I 16 Legis Tor S 7 Plaster Down O 3 Black Rock G 4 Coffin Stone, The N 13 East Dart Waterfall I 10 Hele Cross G 16 Limsboro’ Cairn J 6 Plym Ford Q 9 Black Tor Falls O 7 Cornwood W 9 Elephant’s Nest, The J 3 Heltor Rock F 21 Linhay Hill Quarry P 19 Ponsworthy N 15 Blackaller Quarry C 16 Corringdon Ball Gate V 13 Elsford H 20 Hembury Castle Q 16 Lints Tor E 7 Postbridge K 12 Blackingstone Rock G 20 Cosdon Row C 11 Ephraim’s Pinch K 13 Hemsworthy Gate L 17 Little Trowlesworthy T 7 Powder Mills L 10 Blackslade Manor M 17 Cowflop Bottom I 9 Ermepound S 11 Henchertraw U 13 Look And Weep M 21 Prince Hall Bridge N 10 Bleak House F 6 Cox Tor L 4 Evergreen Alkanet L 2 High Down Ford F 4 Lower Cator Bridge L 14 Princetown Railway O 6 Bloody Pool U 15 Cramber Pool P 8 Ferns K 2 High House Waste U 9 Lustleigh I 20 Ramshorn Down N 20 Boundstones K 19 Cranbrook Castle E 17 Fernworthy Forest G 12 High Willhays D 7 Lustleigh Cleave I 19 Ramsley B 12 Boundary Crosses S 12 Cranmere Pool G 9 Fernworthy Res. NE G 13 Higher Shilstone D 12 Lydford Gorge H 2 Rattlebrook G 6 Bovey Cross G 17 Crazywell Pool P 7 Fernworthy Res. SW H 12 Higher Uppacott O 15 Lydford Village G 3 Rattlebrook Peatworks F 6 Bowerman’s Nose J 17 Crockern Tor M 10 Fice’s Well M 7 Higher White Tor K 10 Lydia Bridge V 14 Rattlebrook Railway E 5 Branscombe’s Loaf D 6 Crock Of Gold, The N9 Finch Foundry A 11 Hill Bridge J 4 Magpie Viaduct P 2 Red-A-Ven Dip C 7 Brat Tor G 5 Cross Furzes R 15 Fingle Bridge D 17 Hillson’s House U 11 Manaton I 18 Redlake Pit R 11 Brent Tor J l Crow Tor K 9 Fitz’s Well and Cross B 8 Hingston Hill, On Q 8 Manga Rock F 11 Redlake Tramway W 12 Brentmoor House T 14 Cuckoo Rock Q 7 Five Cross M 20 Hingston Rock F 19 Mardon Down E 19 Rippon Tor M 18 Bridford F 22 Cullever Steps C 9 Four Aces, The I 14 Hisley Bridge J 20 Mary Tavy K 3 Rippon Tor Rifle Range N 18 Brimley L 21 Cut Hill H 9 Foxes’ Holt B 11 Hole Farm F 14 Meavy Oak, The R 5 River Dart Country Park P 17 Brinning G 18 Dancers, The T 11 Fur Tor H 8 Holming Beam L 8 Meldon Quarry B 7 Roadside Information H 3 Brisworthy Circle S 6 Deadman’s Bottom R 9 Gibbet Hill I 2 Holne Q 15 Meldon Reservoir C 6 Roborough Down R 4 Brown’s House J 9 Dean Burn Clapper R 14 Gidleigh E 13 Holne Bridge P 16 Meldon Viaduct B 6 Rowbrook Farm O 14 Buckfast Abbey R 17 Deancombe T 16 Gobbett Mine N 11 Holy Street Manor E 14 Merripit Hill J 12 Rowter Moor J 10 Buckfastleigh S 17 Deeper Marsh P 15 Golden Dagger Mine J 13 Hooks Cross O 20 Merrivale Antiquities M 6 Rushford Mill D 15 382 383 Sampford Spiney O 4 Swincombe Reservoir O10 Watern Oke H 6 Sanduck H 19 Target Railway C 8 Watern Tor F 10 Scorhill Circle E 12 Tavy Cleave H 5 Way Down D 14 Verses Sett Makers’ Bankers M 5 Tavy Hole I 8 Week Down F 15 Shallowford M 14 Teign Woods D 18 / D 19 Weirsmeet F 23 Shaugh Bridge T 4 Teignhead Farm G 11 Welstor Cross O 17 Sharpitor P 6 Teign Tolmen, The F 12 West Coombe H 15 Shaugh Prior U 5 Ter Hill P 11 Western Beacon X 12 Sheepfold, The I 11 Thirlstone, The F 10 Western Red Lake I 6 Sheepstor Village R 6 Three Barrows U 12 Wheal Betsy I 3 To remind you of at: in Square: Shell Top T 8 Three Bridges M 9 Wheal Exmouth H 23 Sherwell M 13 Three Holes G 22 Wheal Jewell Reservoir I 4 Shilley Pool C 12 Throwleigh C 13 Wheelwright’s Stone M 4 All through the night ... Nakers Hill Q 11 Shipley Bridge U 14 Tiger’s Marsh, Snipe In E 6 Whitchurch Down N3 Sigford N 19 Tottiford Reservoir H 22 White Moor Circle D 11 At the Zoo (Christopher Robin) The Crock of Gold N 9 Sloncombe F 17 Travellers’ Ford K 8 Whooping Rock I 17 Away in a manger ... Warren House Inn I 13 Snowdon Q 13 Trenchford Reservoir H 21 Widgery Cross G 5 Sourton D5 Trendlebere Down J 19 Wild Tor E 10 Billy Boy (Where have you been ...) Jay’s Grave J 16 Sourton Down Cross C 5 Tristis Rock V 11 Wilderness G 7 D’ye ken John Peel ... Fur Tor H 8 South Brent V 15 Two Tracks K 7 William Donaghy J 11 South Hessary Tor O 8 Ugborough Beacon W 13 Willingstone Rock E 18 Good King Wenceslas ... Branscombe’s Loaf D 6 South Tawton A 12 Upper Walkham Valley J7 Willsworthy Range H 4 South Zeal B12 Venford Reservoir P 14 Wilminstone L 2 Hamlet (To be or not to be ...) Walla Brook E 11 Southcombe Cross L 16 Vixen Tor N 5 Windy Post N 4 Hiawatha (Should you ask me ...) 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