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Thanks to a certain Mr Hamilton’s excellent directions I was able to walk straight here, very pleasant it was as well through the dark footpath through the trees a welcome shelter from the hot sun
What a wonderful site, I spent a long time here and would have stayed longer except every insect that could fly or bite seemed attracted to me today
First site of Mither Tap after leaving the car park and can’t wait to get up there. You gain height quickly and the views are stunning once you leave the tree line. Steep enough to bring about a bit of puffing and panting, gentle enough to not have to stop.
Well I drove overnight to get here early morning (500 miles), the weather forecast was unbelievably hot, however, Tap ‘o Noth refusing to reveal itself just yet
As if my magic the mist lifted and the full magnificence of the hill fort came into view
Not sure why it has taken me so long to visit this magnificent barrow, and one with a good crawl too. Nice and clean and dry for my visit, also fortunate to have the place to myself. Nice circular walk from Wellow
Lovely walk up from Avebury with time to just wander, no specific goal in mind
Fabulous site with views all over West Dartmoor. Couldn’t find this on the database so if its under another name I will move it over. Apparently there is a cist underneath which was concealed following excavation of the site
Couldn’t find this a few weeks ago so came back armed with a lot more info, still anyone’s guess, didn’t matter it was just great being on the moor watching two Honey Buzzards ducking and diving for prey.
Well this is where x marks the spot, the stones are the ones in the pictures on the MP site, however, whether this is the stone circle or not I really can’t be sure
Approaching from the South with natural defences, hill fort mainly guarding the North and East
Not much of a picture I know, however, ‘CARL’ had gone to the trouble of adding the site in 2012 and I thought it deserved a picture to go with it. No obvious way to get into field, highly unusual, so it will have to serve until; someone hops over.
I got off the bus in the town centre (Okehampton) and wondered why? Fortunately Nine Stones was only 3/4 inch away on the map. Following the Tarka trail led me to the valley at the top of the picture and easy access onto the moor from there. Walk back to Okehampton with a few detours and a wonderful 1/2 day out.
All the times I have been to Dartmoor in the wind, rain, fog and mist, today I had my reward for perseverance, beautiful sunny day
Just to let any potential visitors know this site is temporarily closed which I discovered having walked up from Tarland, regardless it proved to be a gateway onto the hills and beyond so not all lost on the day
The enclosure looks quite nice in the photo, however, it is becoming a bit of a junk yard for the local farm and there are deep rutted tractor marks trampling criss crossing the enclosure. I walked in near to the farm house rather than from the North.
This tree is to the top left of LesHamiltons photo and may or may not be anything of interest. It was difficult to make out much in the longer grass and there were individual and groups of stones scattered throughout the enclosure. I spent quite a long time tramping around, however, just made me realise how little I know
Hard to discern what is remnants of the old hill fort and what is stone debris, regardless, enjoyable walk up from Tarland lots to explore