Pictures taken this week, sycamore bud, old well at Middlemoor, gorse on Whitchurch Down and beeches and wild garlic near Brentor, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
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From last year … beware of disturbing the piskies … #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #piskies #mosstodon
Pixies are Dartmoor fairies or elves.
Bright gorse on Whitchurch down this week #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #landscape
Old box well at Middlemoor, Whitchurch Down #Dartmoor, #Devon on Wednesday. This well acted as a water source mains water was pumped to the cottages in the 1920s. #photography #mosstodon
Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village, Dartmoor
This settlement, situated about 350m above sea level, consists of a cluster of C13 granite longhouses, in which people lived at one end and animals at the other, on land that was originally farmed in the Bronze Age. Hound Tor was probably deserted in the early C14 as widespread falling temperatures and rising rainfall caused crop failures and cattle disease, that hit this upland community badly.
Stream at Middlemoor, Whitchurch Down yesterday, #dartmoor #Devon #photography #landscape
A #mosstodon picture, oaks near Sheepstor last April, #Dartmoor #Devon #photography
Lane near Sampford Spiney this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography #mosstodon
Family and friends saying goodbye to our good friend Bob Bruce on Sharpitor, Dartmoor. Well represented by Dartmoor Preservation Association and Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group, organisations to which he made a significant contribution.
Pictures taken this week, footpath near Tavistock, and moorland scenes near Whitchurch Down, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography #landscape #mosstodon
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And that was the walk. A few bog hops and I'm back at the start.
Hope you enjoyed exploring bronze age Drizzlecombe with me.
Laters.
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It's actually 4 circles inside each other. Beautifully arranged so they seem to ripple out. I spend some time here. It feels special. There was real care and pride in how it was built.
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And then I find the Yellowmead stone circles. They weren't rediscovered until the 1920s, lost in the heather. Now they sit low in the grass so you don't see them till you're near.
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The wind picks up. I follow the ragged boundary line towards yellowmead. There's no one about except for ponies and sheep.
It's a bit disconcerting but almost all the bogs are dry. I can just walk across where I should get very wet. It's only March.
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At the top of Higher hator tor you can look down at the valley. Huge huts and cairns are scattered over both sides of the Plym. The cairn below, to the side of the bone stone is massive. It was raided and no one knows if it held anything.
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Pit stop. Opted for pork pies today.
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I cross the streams and head up the gentle slope of Higher Hator tor, following the path along the stone rows. They are so impressive! Visible from a way off, with huge menhirs at each end. One, the bone stone, over 4 meters tall. It's kinda breathtaking.
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I start by skirting the edge of Whittenknowles Rocks, a medieval village that looks across to the older site. The definition of much of the huts and walls is still clear. They lived close together, huddled. Maybe that was cosy and safe feeling on the wide wild hill.
Good write up of the site here.
https://www.torsofdartmoor.co.uk/tor-page.php?tor=whittenknowles-rocks
Yesterday I did a brisk few miles around Drizzle Combe, an area seeped in bronze age life.
Here's the view over a valley that was clearly full of people thousands of years ago.
#Dartmoor #Walking #hiking #StandingStoneSunday
