Places of Interest 93

Places of Interest 93

PLACES OF INTEREST 93 Merrlvale Antiquities, near Merrivale Bridge. These are very .complete. Two stone rows with menhirs and a very large kistvaen. To the south a large menhir 12 feet high and near by a circle of stones. There i:\ a fine group of hu~ circles near the road. There is also a kistvaen discrJVered in Au~ust last by the Rev. H. Hugh Breton, Vicar of Sheepstor, on the north side of Vixen Tor- near the wall. There are some curious ringed cairns on the north side of Cox Tor. Peak Hill. Three stone rows and one small circle. Harter Tor. Two fine stone rows starting from cairns enclosed in circles. To the east of these is a fine pound with its hut circles. Black Tor has a long stone row on its southern slope. It runs norfh and south along the east side of the wall. Down Tor has a very fine stone row starting from·a circle of large stones encl0sing a cairn. \ • Drizzlecombe is a veritable necropolis. Three stone rows, three menhirs,"three circles, three kistvaens, and a huge cairn, one menhir 17 feet high. Yellowmead Down. A large circle 65 feet in dia­ ameter, discovered in August, 1915, by Mr. R. Hansford Worth. Several stones are buried under the turf. Ringmoor, above Sheep!.tor, has two stone rows, two large circles and three small ones, and two large tumuli. The Rev. H. Hugh Breton, in June, 1917, discovered a single stone row, 66o feet long on the north end of Shaugh Moor ; it starts from a stone circle. Motorists should also visit the fine stone monuments on • the Cornish Moors, especially the Hurlers, three stone circles at Minions, and the two pipers close by. Not far from the Hurlers is the perfect Trethevy Crom­ lech. Also Fine Stone Circle near Fox Tor Mire, and Goodaver circle near Redlake. (see page 90.) .

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