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What is the earliest known written record of the Childe the Hunter legend?
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Heckwood Tor is a small but distinctive granite outcrop situated near Pew Tor, offering good views across the moor. The most notable feature is a large balancing boulder near the top, visible from nearby landmarks. Further down the hill, a xenolith marks where country rock was infused into the granite, and there are remnants of an oblong stone trough nearby, hinting at past industrial activity.
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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“Never are these inhospitable regions to be seen but in clouds.”
Also on Our DartmoorHut circles between Hart Tor and Devil's Bridge — A scheduled settlement of 36 Bronze Age hut circles in an irregular field system on the west-facing slope between Hart Tor and Devil's Bridge, 18 of them dug in 1895.
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