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Legis Tor is a ruined granite tor sitting above the River Plym on the southern edge of Ringmoor Down. The granite here is notably pink in colour, and the tor consists of four main outcrops with good views. Pillow mounds from 14th/15th century rabbit warrens are visible on the riverside, along with a mid-19th century vermin trap nearby.
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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“'T is an ancient rite, auld as cider—maybe auld as Scripture, tu, for anything I've heard to the contrary," said Mr. Lezzard. ... "Ay, so 't is," declared Billy Blee, "an' a custom to little observed nowadays. But us might have better blooth in springtime an' braaver apples come autumn if the trees ...”
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