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Eastern flank, looking south(ish). Again, very impressive.
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Western flank, looking approx south. Impressive.
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Approaching from the north-west, it doesn’t appear much... for a few seconds.
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Well worth the additional out-and-back detour from the summit of Showery Tor....
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I was surprised at the substantial nature of this one....
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The ‘circle is approx centre – looking from Rough Tor (with a little optical assistance)
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Northern defences – Showery Tor is upon the horizon
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Looking from the cairn upon Little Rough Tor to Rough Tor
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Looking approx NE towards Showery Tor from Rough Tor summit. Note remains of the church upon cairn material
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Looking approx SW across the enclosure from the cairn upon Little Rough Tor – note the defences to right...
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Retrospective upon (finally) moving on to Rough Tor. Note the substantial nature of the ring cairn...
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For me, this is THE most special tor in the West Country.
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20 years since I was last here... a long time for us, but a blink of an eye for Showery Tor.
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Looking across to neighbouring Rough Tor... it would take the greater part of the day before I could move on, however.
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Wow. Brown Willy rises beyond, itself well, well worth a visit
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The great ring cairn surrounding its enigmatic charge... the latter like a mustang petrified to stone within its corral... as in one of those tales of yore.
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One might say ‘What could be more enigmatic than this fantastic monument?’... but, actually, Nature Herself provides the emphatic retort upon Showery Tor, seen upon the skyline.
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I didn’t appreciate this wondrously enigmatic monument for what it was when I last ascended Rough Tor very nearly 20 years ago now. Had to come back one day. It appears Wessex Archaeology term this a ‘Bank Cairn’, presumably since it kinda resembles the stone equivalent of Dorset’s great ‘Bank Barrows‘
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Landscape context of the ‘long cairn’ – for want of a better description – looking from the main car park to the east. This view explains why Time Team had to come here to prove it was indeed the real deal... looks just like a field boundary.
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The serrated profile of Rough Tor would rear up on the skyline... in better conditions
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Just a quarter mile from the enigmatic Advent ‘Triple Barrow’... pretty substantial.
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Quite an extensive monument.... and very rare. The only other ‘triple barrow’ I know of is way down in Surrey at Turners Hill... although there is a triple co-joined stone version at Pen y Garn-goch, near Llanwrtyd Wells...
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Very hard to photograph and convey what’s going on here... but right by the road to Rough Tor from the old RAF airfield on Davidstow Moor... and near the fine Crowdy Reservoir round barrow.
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Upon the long barrow. No, really...
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The long barrow from upon the round barrow...
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Looked a bit more than 10ft, to be fair...
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