Monday, 30 July 2012

Wandering Around Devon

We have been wandering around Devon a bit recently.
 Two views of Salcombe from the walk to Snapes Point
 Salcombe is situated at the mouth of an Estuary which is unique in this part of the world as it is the only one not fed by a River, only a series of creeks.
 Various views around the Kingsbridge Estuary from the walk around Snapes Point


A view of Kingsbridge from the Snapes Point Walk
Blackdown Rings near Loddiswell in the South Hams - A pre-historic hillfort with a Norman Motte and bailey superimposed upon it

 Gara Bridge over the River Avon near the Blackdown Rings
 Lara Bridge in South Brent over the River Avon on the edge of Dartmoor
A Waterfall on the River Avon from the bridge

 Shipley Bridge over the river Avon - the start of a Walk across Dartmoor to the Avon Dam
 A waterfall on the River Avon
 A tree which has grown around a granite stone
 Another Waterfall!
 Further up the Avon Valley towards the dam
 The Grippers Hill Prehistoric site near the Avon Dam
 Avon Dam
 Looking Across the Avon Dam lake at yet another pre-historic site
 Mum and her friends Leslie and Christine lunching at the Avon Dam
Mum and I with Leslie
 At New Bridge crossing the River Dart near Holne
Two views of the New Bridge

 Some views of Waterfalls on the River near the bridge


 My nephew Jonny at Finches Foundry in Sticklepath on the northern edge of Dartmoor and near Okehampton

 I was there too
 The large water driven hammer in the foundry
 looking at the furnace
 The water wheel that drives the hammer
 Tetcott Manor - house that dates back to the 16th Century.  In early in the 18th century a huge country house was built, but fell into disrepair and was demolished in the late 18th century when it became surplus to the owners requirements.
 The Tetcott Parish Church
 An Old Barn at Tetcott Manor
 A Granite Trough
 The gates to the Dunsland Estate.  A stately home which dated from the 17th Century stood here but burned down in 1967.  Almost nothing remains of the house today.
 The probable site where the house once stood
 Remains of the stables

 Not sure what this was but it sits near a stream in the Dunsland Estate
 Higher New Bridge which crosses the Tamar near Launceston.  It used to carry the road from Holsworthy to Launceston






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