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In the DARTMOOR MAGAZINE 2003 Summer Edition you can read a good article by Tom Greeves " Was Brent Tor a dark age centre" with the usual stuff diagrams/photo's and a decent enough history of the settlement, although for me it doesn't go far enough.
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Park up at SX579673, head in SW direction up towards Gutter Tor, then take the path past Ditsworthy Warren House that will lead you past the Drizzlecombe Monuments, carry on until you get to the ford where the Drizzlecombe Stream meets the Plym at SX589665 cross the stream and carry on up the Langcombe Valley, keep on the left hand side and soon enough you will see Grim's Grave, it has a retaining circle of 9 stones. if you have time on your side there's a delightful waterfall (Shavercombe Fall) not very far away at SX595660. where you can enjoy the solitude of the moors,you don't get many people there. by the way Grim is another word for Satan
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would this Circle and Row, be similar to the one's mentioned in Uriel's Machine (The Prehistoric Technology that Survived the Flood) by Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas, and would anyone check it out on the Summer and Winter Solstice (while i stay in bed) and every month after plant wooden posts in the ground (take them up again) to see if you can measure the months.
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Park up at Postbridge, Dartmoor, move to the western end of the carpark, and follow the track WNW (Driftlane Path) for about a mile, you will then see on your right Roundy Park Enclosure, follow the wall until you come to the gate, and from the gate, follow the well beaten track to the Cist, it is one of the biggest on the moors, two (huge) capstones, and seven side slabs, instead of the usual four, the measurments are approx 200cm by 110cm and 92cm deep. As you can see from the photo's it had recently snowed and all was still, no people about, well not here anyway, it was just so nice, although cold.
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