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Thornworthy Tor sits just north of Fernworthy Reservoir Dam, offering views north to Cosdon Beacon and other tors. The tor features a fine, unrecorded logan-stone and a rock shelter on the south side. The walk involves some boggy ground, but a path circles the reservoir to the tor. It's a lesser-known spot with rewarding vistas on clear days.
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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“Dwellers in the hilly parts of Devon, on Dartmoor and Exmoor, and in the villages bordering upon them, are as deeply imbued with faith in witches, as their forefathers were in the days when Alfred was king.”
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