Eleven of us set off to the little quarry near Pew Tor - Terry pointed out he goldfish that live in the water here.
A morning for finding things. Firstly this golf ball just sitting on top of a rock - presumably someone had been practising their golf strokes up here...
...then a metal plug left in this granite boulder. The purpose here would have been to split the boulder along the line where the weeds are growing but this was abandoned and the plug left in the rock and it has probably been here for more than a hundred years!
On to Pew Tor and of course some always have to get on top.
The cloud rolled in below us...
...and we were engulfed by the time we had reached this little dewpond.
But, by the time we had reached Heckwood Tor, where this gorse bush was coming into bloom, the cloud had dispersed again.
Down past Vixen Tor.
Next into the disused quarry at Merrivale now filled with water....
...and the derelict buildings left behind...
...the quarry ceased excavating and working its own granite in the 1970's but continued to process imported stone until the 1990's when it closed.
Jon helps Terry across the busy main road - or was it the other way round?
On to the ford below Barn Hill...
...and the old smithy nearby.
Following the leat to Windy Post and the Bullseye Stone.
Next the Logan stone by Feather Tor - and this one really rocks.
Followed by an excellent lunch in the London Inn with Jon, John, Pete, Cath, Ian, Jane, Terry, Peter, Anne and David.
There's an ordnance survey mark and rivet on the Bulls-Eye Stone, and a brass OS fundamental plaque on top of Pew Tor (about 4 inches diameter) not far from where the photo was taken. The Duke's protective boundary marks round the tor make an interesting search. If you can find all 4 of the later markers, let me know! Dave Brewer's 'Dartmoor Boundary Markers' has plenty of information on this.
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Paul
Thank you Paul - good to hear from you again. Will have a closer look at the Bullseye Stone. I now know where the OS plaque is on Pew Tor.
ReplyDeleteThat really was a bus load !
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