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This walk: 2007-9-4 Dartmoor Inn, Lydford - Ford/Stepping Stones/Bridge - Bray Tor - Doe Tor  - tin works - Hare Tor - Sharp Tor - Great Links Tor - Arms Tor.

The walk was from the car park up the lane by the Dartmoor Inn at Lydford, towards Doe Tor, around to Great Links Tor and back. Perhaps the most interesting area was the old tin works - see below!

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The bridge, stepping stones and ford across the River Lyd at SX 53187 85723. Great Nodden in the background.

 

Looking southwards, down  on the footbridge at SX 52557 85146 over Doetor Brook

 

Looking upstream, Doetor Brook, a short distance from the footbridge in previous photo

 

Boundary post at SX 53962 85204 (�7m) with TRDC on its west face (Tavistock Rural District Council?). This part of an enclosure shown on the map which is not obvious on the ground!

 

Looking down the "cut" by the "enclosure" between Doetor Brook and the post in the next photo

 

Another post, at SX 54112 85779 (� 6 m) at the east end of the "enclosure", bearing "TRDC"

 

View from post in previous photo across to Dow Tor, note red firing flag

 

Zoomed view of the red flag warning of military firing, which could be heard

 

Ruined mine building at Wheal Frederick,  at SX 54584 85381, marked but not labelled on the map, looking north-west. Note the ramp of the raised leat in the background, to feed the overhead launder to an overshot waterwheel (check HERE for notes about how this site would have operated).

 

View across the front of the works towards Great Links Tor, across the two "buddle" pits that are overgrown (check HERE), towards the stream that, further upsteam, fed the leat

 

General view of the main building

 

View down on the wheel pit and tailrace which would take the water back to the stream

 

Side view of the ramp/raised leat that carried the water to the launder and the water wheel

 

A view of the interior looking south, showing Hare Tor

 

A view of the interior looking north

 

Another view, showing Sharp Tor (nearest) and Hare Tor

 

View southwards, showing the wheel pit and associated building, not visible in other photos

 

As previous photo but aligned so that all the building structures are included

 

View east from approx SX 54512 85908 along an old "cut" for tin, across a much-turned-over valley

 

Roger - This must be one of those thick contours we heard about at Compassworks!  Actually, wrong place, so it must be the bridle path (SX 54390 86058)

 

View to Great Links Tor from SX 54722 86136

 

View from SX 54722 86136 looking south towards the tin works of a very-much dug-over valley. Detail is lost in the cloud shadow .....

 

Again, near SX 54722 86136, looking east along the sunken bridle path

 

Boundary stone at SX 55152 86121 (�4m), bearing "L" (= Lydford)

 

Rear face of the stone, bearing letters that were difficult to see, the map shows "Lands common to the parishes of Bridestowe and Sourton" in the opposite direction so it may bear "B S" ?

 

Great Links Tor at SX 55237 86751 from the direction of the boundary stone in the previous photo

 

Great Links Tor, close up

 

Great Links Tor trig point and a standing stone

 

View past the standing stone with Sharp and Hare tors (right of the stone, 2.5 km/ 1.5 miles) and possibly Great Mis Tor in the distance (left of the stone, 7.3 km/4.5 miles)

 

Looking north from Great Links Tor, towards Corn Ridge and Sourton Tors

 

Looking north-east from Great Links Tor, towards Bridestowe

 

Looking back at Great Links from the direction of Arms Tor

 

Approaching Arms Tor from Great Links Tor

 

Part of Arms Tor, against the sun

 

Great Links Tor, looking back from near Arms Tor

 

Dartmoor ponies, between Great Links and Arms tors

 

View from Arms Tor towards Sharp Tor and Hare Tor

 

Daisy-May, one of the famous climbing cows on Dartmoor at Arms Tor

 

Another view of Daisy-May

 

View of Bray Tor, side-on to the cross (Widgery Cross), at SX 53957 85593

 

View down to the starting point of the walk. The car park is at the top end of the track in the middle of the photo, not to be confused with the plume of smoke

 

Looking back at Arms Tor

 

Another view of the stepping stones at the start/end of the walk

 

Looking downstream, cows crossing the River Lyd

 

Another shot

 

Lookinmg up at Widgery Cross, on Bray Tor

 

Sharp Tor (SX 55010 84860) from the track back to the car park