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Sanctuary S
Sanctuary May 3, 2012 19:21:51
Replying to Mr Hamhead

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Mr Hamhead wrote:
Hi Roy

I am not exactly sure about how far along the track from Middlemoor to Fernacre you can drive legally but it is fine to walk. Loudon is a big dissapointment, in fact I was not even sure if I had found it, there is so little to see. Fernacre on the otherhand is a fine circle and it is worth the climb up onto Roughtor to look down onto it.
As Ocifant says, it is possible to walk over the moor from Roughtor carpark to Fernacre....you might even find the Loudon Long Cairn.....

Mr H

Thanks Mark. I've decided to walk the track and enjoy the scenery along the way and not take a chance on it and spoil the day, mainly because of the low suspension on my car! I'm as interested in Louden (what's left of it anyway) as I am in Fernacre, because by what I have seen its triangular stone is still standing, well leaning over anyway, and to wait until the summer (ha) will only mean longer grass hiding the rest even further. The Roughtor walk sounds good as well and I may just do the looking down onto the Fernacre scenario later with my camera and zoom lense at hand.
Cheers, Roy

S Sanctuary
Sanctuary May 4, 2012 19:51:08
Replying to Sanctuary

Sanctuary wrote:
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Mr Hamhead wrote:
Hi Roy

I am not exactly sure about how far along the track from Middlemoor to Fernacre you can drive legally but it is fine to walk. Loudon is a big dissapointment, in fact I was not even sure if I had found it, there is so little to see. Fernacre on the otherhand is a fine circle and it is worth the climb up onto Roughtor to look down onto it.
As Ocifant says, it is possible to walk over the moor from Roughtor carpark to Fernacre....you might even find the Loudon Long Cairn.....

Mr H

Thanks Mark. I've decided to walk the track and enjoy the scenery along the way and not take a chance on it and spoil the day, mainly because of the low suspension on my car! I'm as interested in Louden (what's left of it anyway) as I am in Fernacre, because by what I have seen its triangular stone is still standing, well leaning over anyway, and to wait until the summer (ha) will only mean longer grass hiding the rest even further. The Roughtor walk sounds good as well and I may just do the looking down onto the Fernacre scenario later with my camera and zoom lense at hand.
Cheers, Roy
Update...Fieldnotes to follow.
Went with friend in her 4x4 and took a chance taking the private track. Found Louden no problem, counted 36 stones including 3 probed for with a dowsing rod! Got nabbed by the farm manager at Fernacre but ended up talking sheepdogs and lambing:-). Ended up at the Trippets on the way back home. Brilliant day out. Jeez there's some archaeology on that moor! Lots of 'why's and what's that about' there that's for sure.