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Strange stunted Oak trees covered in Lichen and Moss growing amidst boulders also covered in a variety of moss, believe me you would’nt won’t to camp here at night
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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.
as you can see, just from this angle of view you can see the earthworks clearly defined
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I hope these co-ordinates will help people on their quest.
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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
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.
Hingston Hill Stone Circle and Row, 349 metre Row.
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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.
park at the Carpark, Postbridge go to the western end of the carpark and follow the Drift lane Path for about a mile (WNW) and on your right you will see Roundy Park Enclosure just outside the enclosure you will see the cairn/cist it is one of the biggest on the moors measuring approx 200cm by 100.70cm and approx 90.20cm deep it consists of two (huge) cover stones and seven side slabs instead of the more common four which are found on the majority of cists
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Childe the Hunter travelling home one dark and stormy night, got caught in a Blizzard his horse fell and died so the story goes he slit the horse’s belly open and crawled in to keep warm sooner or later realising he would’nt get home composed a note (just happened to have Quill and ink on him) saying that who ever finds me and gives me a Christian Burial shall have all my land and money later a couple of uneducated peasants found Childe and the note and of course not being able to read took the note to the Tavistock monks whereby they set off to find Childe the Hunter as they were doing this the monks of Plymstock also heard about Childe’s land and money and the request for a Christian Burial set off on to the moors where they ambushed the monks of Tavistock and gave them a good seeing too! took the note and all that went with it.
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