This walk: 2010-6-2. Middleworth
Farm, shippen, hayloft, Heath Speedwell,
track towards Deancombe, approach to Deancombe Farm, possible pigsty, granite
trough, Deancombe Farm remains, String of sausages lichen (Usnea articulata), Spotted Wood
butterfly,
rare giant
granite mushroom - otherwise known as staddle stones, grinding stone for
sharpening farm implements and tools, Cuckoo Rock, unknown plant, second set of
staddle stones at Deancombe, a conifer tree growing in / on an oak tree,
Narrator Brook, bluebells, mortar stones, Heath Spotted Orchid, orange fungus,
Outholme Farm, shaped granite mullion; Down Tor, Leather, Sharpitor,
Combeshead Farm cave, cache, growan,
hawthorn blossom,Hingston
stone row, cairn circle, Burrator reservoir,
sheep.
Walk details on Page 2 - Information about the route etc.
The
barn at Middleworth Farm, restored by DNPA in the 1970�s; showing �broad and
narrow� work at the corners.
Side
view.
MoorStrollers exiting the barn. The Shippen was at the bottom, the hayloft
above.
Heath
Speedwell,
Veronica officinalis. Also
known as also known as common speedwell, drug speedwell, common gypsyweed,
fluellin, Veronica and Paul's betony.