Scout Hut - Eylesbarrow

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This walk: 2007-11-22 - Scout Hut - Eylesbarrow - tin mine - workings - unidentified object from a previous walk (which is noted below) - cist

Boundary stone beside the track marked "BWW 1917" (Burrator Water Works 1917), indicating the edge of the catchment area for Burrator Reservoir

This is the "small building" noted on a walk on 29 October 2007, that I marked on the track by recording two diversions towards the object on the GPS track. On that occasion, I had cut short a long-ish walk looking at cists and did not feel like walking across country to see what this was. I noted "Just for fun, the position drawn above is SX 59385 67853".

In reality, it was 'GPS-fixed' today as being at SX 59395 67869 ± 4m. This is only 10 m out in one direction (east-west) and 16 m out in the other (north-south) ± 4 meters. Not bad for remote 'fixing' by deviations in the GPS track from the previous walk?

Another view, with Sheeps Tor (369 m / 1210 ft) to the right, behind

Another view, with Sharpitor (405 m / 1328 ft, on the skyline) and Leather Tor (376 m / 1233 ft) behind

Final view, showing the possible 'run' of a dried up leat running into the distance

Eylesbarrow tin mine (disused) at about SX 59800 68180

Fenced-off pit/shaft, further on, past the old buildings

Rain sets in at the top of Eylesbarrow (454 m / 1489 ft). View from first cairn to second cairn. There is a trig. point (triangulation pillar) between them.