Tag: East Dart River

  • Sittaford Stone Circle – the first stone circle to be discovered on Dartmoor for 100 years

    Sittaford Stone Circle – the first stone circle to be discovered on Dartmoor for 100 years

    There has been considerable interest, not only in Devon, in the announcement this year of a recently discovered stone circle high on Dartmoor. It was actually discovered back in 2007 by Alan Endacott, but the hard work of unearthing the stones (by the Dartmoor Preservation Association volunteers) was carried out in April 2015. I haven’t…

  • Almost dawn on the East Dart

    Almost dawn on the East Dart

    Last Monday evening I sat planning a walk on the moor to Sittaford Tor, with the intention of capturing photographs of the recently-discovered stone circle. Whenever I’ve visited this tor previously I’ve parked by Fernworthy reservoir and walked through the forest, across to Grey Wethers and up from there to the tor. But the long…