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Bovey Tracey, Devon
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On walking routes: Templer Way
So, take a short stroll around the garden, or a longer more strenuous walk through the woodlands and along the river to the medieval weir. In the 1920s the owner of Parke, Major Hole, was concerned about aspects of the water in his leat being used to develop Bovey Tracey's electricity supply. According to correspondence, an inspector from the Dartmoor Electricity Supply Company Ltd was impeded from checking the leat on 9 November 1922, because Major Hole had arranged a shooting party on the estate.
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Plate from Amid Devonia's Alps, page 47, 1888“The numerous blocks of granite which appear to be split asunder by some violent action, are said by the moormen to have been riven in that manner by the earthquake which occurred at our Saviour's crucifixion.”
Also on Our DartmoorScorhill Tor — A modest tor overshadowed by the famous Scorhill Stone Circle, with views down to the North Teign river.
“The simple and time-worn memorials of unchronicled ages, rear their hoary forms amidst the sombre solitudes of the moor.”
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