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This walk: 2007-June-27 - A walk from the Footloose series: "Merrivale" - From "Dartmoor Inn" - Grimstone & Sortridge leat - Vixen Tor  - Heckwood Tor - Pew Tor - Sampford Spiney - Ward Bridge (River Walkham) - former Plymouth/Princetown railway - Swelltor Quarry - old London Bridge corbels - Merrivale stone rows. The weather was not kind, at this time (end-June) parts of the north of England were seriously flooded

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Start of the walk (SX 54535 75036), the Grimstone & Sortridge leat , looking back towards Merrivale, Great Mis Tor behind


Vixen Tor (SX 54190 74273) in enclosure. The gates were locked with some very inquisitive cattle inside, including one that I heard bellowing loudly, possible a bull?
I did not venture inside the enclosure!


Boundary stone - but not marked? (at SX 53987 73921)  or possibly an old gateway, with Hucken Tor (SX 54870 73850) across the Walkham valley
 

Pew Tor (SX 53252 73446)

 


Later view of Pew Tor

 


Boundary Stone (SX 53625 73468) with "SS" for Sampford Spiney CP (Civil Parish)


Sampford Spiney church (SX 53450 72458)


 

 

Another view

 

Criptor Cross (crossroads) at SX 54620 72251

 

The track of by the old Plymouth/Princetown railway at SX 55585 72558

 

Part of the Swelltor Quarry complex

 

Looking into Swelltor Quarry (SX 55895 73163)

 

Another view of the old buildings

 

View looking back along the track from near the old London Bridge corbels

 

Granite corbels left behind from the old London Bridge at SX 55817 73226. The bridge was moved to Arizona, USA, in 1968-1971 (re-dedicated in 1971). I was told by two walkers that I met here that one of the corbels was taken to replace one that was broken during the move of the old bridge to Arizona

 

Kings Tor (SX 55650 73873)

 

Bend in the railway track at a cutting (SX 55397 73940)

 

Standing stone and waymarker (SX 55687 74596) with Great Staple Tor (left) and Roos Tor (right) in the background, "A" signifies Ashburton

 

Double stone row at Merrivale (SX 55582 74783), with a second double row parallel, to the right. It was raining heavily at the time and my cameras are not waterproof, so this is all I took!