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 F 18 Great Varracombe G 10 Hurston Row H 13 Museum Of A 8 Grenofen Tunnel O 2 L 20 Nakers Hill Q 11 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 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 H 17 Avon Dam S 13 Canonteign Falls I 23 Doccombe F 20 Hall Farm W 10 Jurston G 14 North 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 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 E 15 R 8 Harford W 11 Lady’s Wood W 14 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 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 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’ 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 N 15 Blackaller Quarry C 16 Corringdon Ball Gate V 13 Elsford H 20 Hembury Castle Q 16 Lints Tor E 7 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 Railway O 6 Bloody Pool U 15 Cramber Pool P 8 Ferns K 2 High House Waste U 9 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 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 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 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 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 Q 15 Meldon Reservoir C 6 Roborough Down R 4 Brown’s House J 9 Dean Burn Clapper R 14 E 13 Holne Bridge P 16 Meldon Viaduct B 6 Rowbrook Farm O 14 R 17 Deancombe T 16 Gobbett Mine N 11 Holy Street Manor E 14 Merripit Hill J 12 Rowter Moor J 10 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 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 U 5 Ter Hill P 11 Western Beacon X 12 Sheepfold, The I 11 Thirlstone, The F 10 Western Red Lake I 6 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 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 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 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 A 12 Upper Walkham Valley J7 Willsworthy Range H 4 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 ...) Vixen Tor N 5 Spinsters’ Rock C 15 Walkham Head Peat P. I 7 Winford Steps M 12 Spurrell’s Cross W12 Q 4 Wisdome V 9 It’s a long way to Tipperary ... Amicombe Brook H 7 St Thomas Cleave E 20 Walkhampton Ch. Hse. P 5 Wistman’s Wood L 9 Lines and Squares (Christopher Robin) Devonport Leat O 9 Stalldon Row U 10 Walla Brook, The E 11 Wonson D 13 Statt’s House H 10 Wallaford Cross S 16 Woodbrooke C 19 My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean ... Childe’s Tomb P 10 Steeperton Tor D 10 Wallaford Down S 15 Wray Barton G 19 Stephen’s Grave K 4 Wall’s-End I 12 Yarner Wood K20 She’ll be coming round ... Cut Hill H 9 Steps Bridge E 21 Ward Bridge O 5 Yealm Head T 9 Smugglers’ Song (If you wake ...) The Hairy Hands K 11 Stowford Bridge X 11 Warren House Inn I 13 Yealm Steps T 10 Stumpy Oak R 16 Watching Place, The G 15 Yellowmead Circles R 7 The Ancient Mariner (It is an ancient ...) The Four Ace Fields I 14 Summerhill Lane Q 17 Water Oak Corner S 14 Zeal Tor Tramway T 13 The Mermaid (One Friday morn ...) Bowerman’s Nose J 17 Swell Tor Quarry N 6 The Quartermaster’s Store Upper Walkham valley J 7 The Raven (Once upon a midnight ... ) Chaw Gully J 14 While shepherds watched ... Brent Tor J 1 Widicombe Fair Haytor Down K 19

384 385 Heath Rush L 8 Red Campion G 14, Q 17 Heath Spotted-orchid J 9 Red Grouse F 7, T 9 Hemlock Water-dropwort M 21 Rock Tripe T 7 Hemp Agrimony O 17 Rook H 4 Herb Bennet (Wood Avens) F 17 Rosebay Willowherb C 16 Flora and Fauna Herb Robert L 21, Q 17 Round-leaved Crowfoot H 14, X 12 Heron G 10, R 9 Round-leaved Sundew K 14, M 17 References without drawings are in italic Holly S 15, T 4 Rowan Q 3, V 11 Honeysuckle U 15 Rustyback G 14, L 20, S 14 Hornbeam F 23 Scots Pine G 12 Indian Balsam D 19 Scottish Blackface K 4 Alder P 15, T 4, U 16 Daffodil E 21 Intermediate Sundew M 17 Sessile Oak K 20 Alder Buckthorn P 15 Deergrass L 7, S 10 Ivy-leaved Bellflower K 14, M 14 Sheep’s-bit G 14 Alkanet D 13, L 2 Demoiselle Agrion (Damsel Fly) M 12 Ivy-leaved Toadflax D 20 Shining Crane’s-bill D 13, L 21 American Bellbine C 16 Devil’s-bit Scabious N 7 Jack-by-the-hedge (Garlic Mustard) O 17 Shoreweed H 12 Ash H 20, T 4, U 15 Dipper D 18, J 4, L 21 Japanese Larch E 18 Sitka Spruce G 12 Beech S 14, S 16, T 4 Dodder E 19 Knapweed, Black (Hardhead) O 19, R 15 Silver Fir S 14 Bell Heather L 7 Dormouse W 14 Lady Fern K 2 Skylark R 9, S 4 Betony H 16 Douglas Fir G 12 Lady’s Lace (Cow Parsley) N 19 Sloe O 19 Bindweed C 16 Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill M 20 Lady’s Smock (Cuckooflower) D 19 Slug L 13 Birch J 19, T 4 Broad-bodied Libellula K 14 Lamb’s Lettuce (Corn Salad) N 19 Small Heath butterfly H 13, R 9 Bird’s-eye Speedwell Q 17 Dung Bonnet F 8, L 4 Larch E 18, G 12 Snipe E 6 Bird’s-foot Trefoil K 14 Dung Roundhead L 4 Lesser Spearwort H 14, K 14, N 3, T 12 Soft Rush L 8 Black Bryony 0 19 Early Purple Orchid Q 17 Lichen L 4 Spear Thistle L 15 Blackberry 0 19 Earthnut L 3, O 5 Lime I 18 Spindle Q 17 Blackthorn 0 19 Elder C 18, Q 3 Ling E 10, F 7, L 7 Spring Beauty E 14 Blinks H 14, X 12 Emperor Caterpillar K 15 Lords and Ladies N 20 Spruce G 12 Blood-drop Emlets M 14 English Stonecrop E 10. J 5 Lousewort K 14 Star Sedge I 9 Bluebell V 11 European Larch E 18 Male Fern H 14, K 2 Sycamore S 14, T 4 Bog Asphodel H 14, K 14 Eyebright Q 13 Marsh Pennywort N 3, N 11 Tansy G 18 Bog Pimpernel H 14, K 14 Feverfew B 13 Marsh St John’s-wort H 14, K 14, N 3 Three Cornered Leek W 9 Bog Pondweed H 14 Foxglove (Cowflop) F 14, I 9 Marsh Thistle L 15 Tormentil C 7, J 5, W 13 Bogbean K 14, P 8 Fringed Water Lilly L 18 Marsh Violet H 14 Trailing St John’s Wort U 14 Brimstone butterfly P 15 Garlic Mustard (Jack-by-the-hedge) O 17 Mat-grass K 10 Tutsan Q 14 Broad Buckler K 2 Giant Sequoia R 17 May (Hawthorn) Q 3, U 15, T 4, V 10 Valerian L 14 Broad-leaved Pondweed S 5 Golden Rod E 10, F 5, K 9 Meadowsweet C 19 Wall Pennywort D 13, O 7 Brooklime L 14 Golden Saxifrage D 19 Milkwort N 13, T 11 Wall Spleenwort O 18 Buzzard R 9 Gorse J 2, Q 3 Monkey Flower O 16 Water Forget-me-not H 14 Canada Goose R 11 Goutweed (Ground Elder) T 15 Mountain Ash V 11, Q 3 Wavy Hair-grass K 10, S 10 Carnation Sedge J 10 Grayling J 2 Mouse-ear Hawkweed O 16 Welsh Poppy F 20, M 13 Catkins (Birch) J 19 Great Spotted Woodpecker D 18 Musk Mallow F 16 Western Hemlock G 12 Cat’s-ear I 4 Greater Hawkbit I 4 Nipplewort C 14 Wheatear I 12, R 9 Chamomile U 14 Greater Stitchwort F 14, G 22, Q 17 Norway Spruce G 12 Whortleberries E 10, F 7, F 9, K 10 Common Bent L 4, K 10 Green Woodpecker D 18 Oak L 9, R 5, R 16, T 4, U 15, W 14 Wild Angelica E 4 Common Cottongrass H 14, S 10 Green-ribbed Sedge J 10 Oak Pedunculate (Common) K 20 Wild Strawberries Q 17 Common Oak (Pedunculate) K 20 Grey Wagtail D 18, O 5 Otter J 4 Willow M 17, T 4 Cow Wheat D 19 Ground Elder (Goutweed) T 15 Ox-eye Daisy P 19 Wood Anemone D 19, E 20 Cowflops (Foxglove) F 14, I 9 Hard Fern M 19 Pale Butterwort M 17 Wood Avens (Herb Bennet) F 17 Creeping Thistle L 15 Hardhead (Knapweed) R 15 Pink Purslane E 14, F 19, M 19 Wood Sage F 16 Cross-leaved Heath L 7, Q 10 Hare’s-tail Cottongrass D 8, S 10, Q 10 Purple Moor-grass K 7, L 7, L 8, Wood Sorrel D 19, E 20 Crottle T 7 Hart’s-tongue M 19 Q 10, S 10, T 8 Wood Spurge Q 17 Crow H 4 Hawthorn (May) Q 3, T 4, V 10, U 15 Ramsons Q 17 Yarrow D 14 Cuckoo Q 7 Hazel O 20, T 4, W 14 Raven J 14 Yellow Pimpernell P 16 Cuckooflower (Lady’s Smock) D 19 Heath Bedstraw E 10, J 5, K 10 Red Admiral R 9 386 387 Other Items of Interest References without drawings are in italic Oddities People Bull’s-eye stone (inch hole) N 4 Baldwin, High Sheriff of H 18 Castles & forts A 7, D 16, E 13, E 17, Q 16 Bowerman the Hunter J 17 Canopied seat M 11 Brown’s house J 9 Ancient Technology Crosses Cider mill M 13 Catherine of Aragon F 22 Addiscott B 13 Dunstone M 16, inside back cover Charles II C 13 Graves C 15, E 19, H 13, J 16, Beetor G 15 Fish ladder J 4 Dolly Trebble O 11 K 4, P 10, U 12, V 13 Bovey / Horse Pit G 17 Fruit crusher E 16 Edward III B 11 Buckfast Abbey R 17 Fountain M 8 Elizabeth Chudleigh W 10 Hut circles G 13, H 6, I 15, K 6, S 11, S 13, U 9 Chlide’s Tomb P 10 Proving mortar L 10 Ephraim K 13 Crazywell P 7 Tablets of Law N 17 Frank Phillpotts G 8 C 11, G 13, M 6, N 9, N 14, R 8, S 9 Drywell M 15 Vermin trap S 7 Fulford family D 21 Dunstone M 16 Wells B 8, C 13, F 16, M 7, M 13 Garth (tinner) U 13 B 12, D 11, E 19, F 13, Fitz’s B 8 Wheelwright’s stone M 4 George Routleigh, Watchmaker G 3 J 8, K 5, M 6, Q 8, R 8, V 12 Hamel Down J 15 George VI G 19 Hawson R 16 Gerard (herbalist) B 13, G 18, M 20 Stone circles B 9, D 11, E 12, H 11, K 6, Headlands Farm L 3 Mining Harold Godwinson C 14 M 6, Q 8, R 7, S 6, T 11, U 10 Hele G 16 Mines and Quarries Henry III J 6 Hobajohn’s V 12 China clay R 11, S 5, T 8, T 12, U 8, U 14 Hillson U 11 Stone rows C 11, F 13, H 13, M 6, Horn’s P 13 Copper B 12, E 4, K 20, P 2 James Perrott G 9 O 10, Q 8, R 8, S 11, T 11, U 10 Huntingdon S 12 Granite L 18, N 6, O 6, T 4 Jan Coo O 14 Keble Martin Chapel R 13 Hornfels B 7 Jan Reynolds I 14, N 15 Modern (ish) Manaton I 18 Iron (& oxide) I 22, L 19, T 4 John Bishop L 13, O 11 Mary Tavy K 3 Limestone B 6, C 16, P 19 John Fitz, Sir B 8, M 7 Boundstones & bondstones B 11, C 9, D 11, Meavy R 5 Silver-lead H 23, I 2, I 3 Keble Martin R13 F 5, F 11, G 6, G 18, I 16, North Bovey H 17 Tin E 9, G 6, J 13, K 7, N 11, P 12, R 13 Kitty Jay J 16 J 15, K 13, K 15, K 19, L 8, Petre’s S 12 Knowles (weaver) T 16 L 17, M 3, N 17, O 8, P 3, Pixies N 2 Margaret & Francis Meynell T 14 P 6, R 15, S 10, S 12, T 9, V 12, X 12 Associated features Rippon Tor M 18 Adits I 22, L 19, N 11, O 10, P 2, P 12 Mary Howard, Lady A 7, B 8 Sampford Spiney O 4 Buddles E 9, J 13, P 12 Maximager (giant) E 19 Clapper bridges E 9, E 11, F 12, G 11, H 12, Sanduck H 19 Melys U 13 K 12, L 12, L 14, M 9, N 8, Blowing houses G 11, N 11, O 7, Saxon Cross, Sourton D 5 O 12, , Q 6, Moses Arscott B 10 N 13, R 12, R 14, U 16 P 14 T 10 Shaugh Prior U 5 Corbels N 6 Nicholas Bussell G 23 Sheepstor village R 6 Nicholas Culpeper B 13, G 18 Guide stones F 15, H 3, K 7, L 17, R 15, T 15 Drying sheds U 14 Short F 15 Leats E 11, E 21, G 6, H 4, J 4, Nigel Hunter G 4 Siward / Nun’s P 9 Prince Regent O 11 Milestones K 2, K 16, M 3, O 3, T 13 K 7, M 8, N 11, O 3, O 7, O 9, Sourton Down C 5 O 13, P 9, P 14, Q 5, Q 6, R 4 Queen Victoria G 5 Spurrell’s W 12 Setts M 5 Somerset, Duke of J 15, K 15, K 19 Paths Stittleford’s. L 17 Tinner’s hut G 10, I 9 Stacombe (shepherd) P 13 Abbot’s Way N 2, P 9, Q 9, Three crosses P 11 The Black Prince B 11, J 6 R 14, R 15, S 12, S 14 Walkhampton P 5 Tom and Sally Satterly N 12 Granite Way B 6 Week down F 15 Tom White L 11 Lych Way H 4, I 5, J 5, K 7, K 8, L 10, L 12 Widgery G 5 Railways Walter Raleigh, Sir M 10 Mariner’s Way H 15 Windy Post N 4 Bridges & viaducts A 9, B 6, E 4, L 2, O 6, William Crossing R 10 Monk’s Path P 9, P 11, P 13, R 16 P 2 , W 14, X 11, X 12 William Donaghy J 11 Philpotts Peat Pass F 9, G 8, H 10, I 7, I 9 Nature Dismantled track C 7, C 8, E 5, F 6, G 19, William the Conqueror C 14 Jobber’s Path Q 9, R 14, S 12, S 14, V 13 Basins & tolmen F 12, F 13, L 6, O 13, W 13 K 18, K 20, L 18, N 6, O 6, William Vogwell E 13 Sandy Way P 9 Forest of Dartmoor C 9, F 11, G 6, J 6, L 6, O 8 R 4, T 4, T 12, T 13, W 12 William Widgery G 5 Two Moors Way X 11 Waterfalls C 7, F 23, H 2, H 5, I 10, I 23, Stations I 1 J 18, O 7, P 17, T 10, V 14 Tunnels O 2 388 389 Jottings Jottings

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