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Paul Rendell - Dartmoor Guide
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Paul Rendell - Dartmoor Guide

Paul Rendell was born in Plymouth and became enthusiastic about Dartmoor from an early age after being taken on numerous outings by his parents. Burrator and Sheepstor were two of the favourite places they went as a family.Very early he found he was fascinated by the moor's industrial archaeology and its wildlife. Because he was dyslexic his schooldays were not very easy for him but he struggled on until school leaving age.

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Dartmoor Illustrated, page 82Plate from Dartmoor Illustrated, page 82, 1900

“Jan Pook druv a party To Princetown one day, Returning wherefrom, On his empty post shay, To the " Saracen's Head," He pulled up for a wet, Refreshment 'es zel And his osses to get. Jan drinked wey some miners Until, as he zed, The liquor he drinked Had got into his head. When he started again, To ...”

Also on Our DartmoorLaughter Tor stone rows and standing stone — Two double stone rows on Laughter Tor: one 164 m long with at least 23 stones, a cairn with a 2.65 m standing stone at its north-west end, re-erected in 1893 and 1911, and a 10 m double row.