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Drizzlecoobe Menhirs and Eylesburrow Tin Mines

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  • Scout Hut, Nattor Grid Ref 579673
    Dartmoor, England
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Drizzlecoobe Menhirs and Eylesburrow Tin Mines

  • November 24, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by HeatherO from Plymouth
Part 2 - This walk includes Menhirs, Stone Rows, Hut circles and Burial Cairns from the Bronze age, one of the largest tin mines on Dartmoor with power supplied from a water wheel and a warren farm with an attached Kennel Pound.

From journal South Dartmoor

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Drizzlecoobe Menhirs and Eylesburrow Tin Mines

  • November 24, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by HeatherO from Plymouth
Part 1 - This walk starts at the car park by the Scout Hut at Nattor, to the east of Sheepstor (579673).

From the car park, walk south to join the track around Guttor Tor. Follow the track between Guttor Tor and Eastern Tor to Ditsworthy Warren House. Adventure training groups are now using this house.

Follow the track to the left of the house. The small enclosure next to the house is the 'Kennel Court' which has Kennels built into the stone walls.

From here take the north-easterly track towards the River Plym. Ahead you should see the Drizzlecoombe Menhirs (Standing Stones).

Follow this track until you come to a path on the left leading up to the Menhirs.

Here you will find three stone rows, each with a Menhir at one end and a grave with a retaining circle at the other. The tallest of the three Menhirs is over 4 metres high and is the tallest on the moors. Next to the stone rows is the Giant Basin, which is the collapsed remains of a large burial cairn.

Follow the path up the hill past the remains of enclosures and hut circles. Cross over two disused leats and continue climbing up to Higher Hartor Tor. Once at the top of Higher Hartor Tor, head north to Eylesbarrow Tin mine.

Around the mine are the ruins of several houses which once housed over 60 men who worked in the mine. Most of the mineshafts have been filled in, but there is still one on the left of the track, so be careful.

From the mine take the track to the west, which descends down the hill. To the right of the track there are pairs of standing stones that were used to carry power from the Great Wheel below to the mineshafts above. You will also find the remains of the pit that housed the Great Wheel and the leat that supplied the water to power it.

Follow the track downhill towards the trees around the Scout Hut. At the bottom of the hill is a bridge over the leat that still carries water from the Drizzlecombe vally to Sheepstor.

Continue down the hill past the Scout Hut and back to your car.

From journal South Dartmoor

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