Holne Moor

Nearest town:
Buckfastleigh (7km E)
OS reference:
SX666711
OS sheet:
202
Latitude:
50° 31' 25.79 N
Longitude:
3° 52' 55.77 W
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Image of Holne Moor (Cist) by Lubin

The kist at SX666711 which is to the north east of Horn’s Cross on Holne Ridge.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
Lubin
Lubin Mar 22, 2005

Articles

Holne Moor

Lubin
Lubin Apr 27, 2005

This kist is quite easy to find as it around 500 metres to the west of Horn’s Cross. This kist has only one side stone standing with two end stones and the other side buried beside it.

Folklore

Holne Moor
Cist
fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Nov 9, 2007

A granite menhir at Holne, on the spurs of Dartmoor, was associated with a May festival known as “the Ram Feast”. Before daybreak the young men of the village would assemble at the pillar, and having run down a young ram from the moor, they fastened it to the stone, killed it and roasted it whole and undressed. At midday struggles took place for slices of the animal, and these collops were esteemed as mascots for the ensuing year. Dancing, wrestling and drinking prolonged the festival, which did not cease till midnight.

The Minor Traditions of British Mythology
Lewis Spence
1925

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