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Branscombe's Loaf
Tors & Landmarks

Branscombe's Loaf

Two granite outcrops on Corn Ridge said to be the bread and cheese of Bishop Bronescombe, turned to stone when the stranger who offered them was seen to have a cloven hoof.

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What was William Crossing known for in relation to Dartmoor?

Recording ancient stone circles, burial cairns, and trackways. William Crossing spent a lifetime unravelling Dartmoor's secrets, its ancient stone circles, burial cairns, and trackways, recording them in detailed maps and writings that remain essential today.

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Cuckoo Rock
Tors & Landmarks

Cuckoo Rock

A distinctive granite boulder on the northern side of Deancombe valley, near Combshead Tor.

A close-up photograph from DartmoorPhotograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“I be mazed 'bout blue." ... "Butter be mazed twice a year, they say" ... "It un't going to bittle." ... "Do it vitty, now.”

Also on Our DartmoorFamily Holidays Around Dartmoor: From the Logbook of the 'Loiterer', 1913-30 — A facsimile of Dorothy Brown's log of family holidays in their self-built caravan, with Theo Brown credited as co-author, published by the Devonshire Association in 1995.