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The origin of Hole Stone on Dartmoor is unknown but it seems reasonable to assume that it was made by these giant fingers which are close by.#Dartmoor

Whooping Stone rock on Easdon Tor. The story went that if a child was suffering from whooping cough they would be cured if left here overnight.
I hadn’t noticed until today that there is a small overhang on the south facing side which would make a good bivi for a small person ……. #Dartmoor

Assycombe double stone row, measuring 120 metres long and dating from the early Bronze Age onwards. It would have been of great cultural and maybe ritual significance to the inhabitants of the many settlements, the remains of which are scattered around this area.

When the Bowerman was turned to stone by the escaping witches his hounds met the same fate. Shown here part of the Hound Tor. Later the Tor was to form the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s title ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ which was set on the Moor.

They say that Bowerman’s hounds were turned to stone too and form the nearby Hountor. But this rock much closer to Bowerman’s known locally as ‘Dog Rock’ is much closer and perhaps his most loyal hound. Deserves a name really, any ideas?

The Bowerman tried to chase the witches off Dartmoor but he failed and they turned him into stone. Taken this afternoon on a wonderfully atmospheric winters day.

Winter light and long shadows on the stone rows near Black Tor, Walkhampton Common.

The hidden cave and drawing in the eastern side of Greator Rocks. A modern interpretation of an ancient pattern.