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A spring north of Princetown under a stone canopy with a lintel cut I.F. 1568, linked to John Fitz and the same pixie-mist story told at Okehampton.
Belstone, Okehampton
A spring and small granite cross on Okehampton Park, tied to a legend of pixie-led walkers who drank here and saw the mist lift. Not Fice's Well.
Plate from Dartmoor Illustrated, page 96, 1900“Upon the first heather ridges the cold breath of the Moor touched the man to patience and brought him nearer himself.”
Also on Our DartmoorGer Tor — A commanding granite outcrop overlooking Tavy Cleave with a military marker flag pole and hut nearby.
