Smerdon Down Tors

Grid ref: SX 5220 7813

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Grid reference: SX 5220 7813 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)

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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“A high wind raged along the sky and roared over the grave-crowned bosom of White Hill on Northern Dartmoor.”
Eden Phillpotts, The Whirlwind, 1907

Also on Our DartmoorWatern Oke: the northernmost hut — The northernmost hut at Watern Oke, a small oval hut of single upright stones, 1.7 m by 1.3 m inside, with an east door and a bench found in the excavation.

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