A logan stone on a rock in the River Teing [sic] (c.1800)
Samuel Alken
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | M SC0670 |
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SC0670
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CD 11 DVD 2
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Scope and Content
The route book of Devon: a guide for the stranger and tourist. Exeter: Besley, 1846. p. 323.[
]. Further up the stream, in the parish of Drewsteignton, about two miles from Fingle bridge, amid scenery of the most charming description, stands a "grand Druidical relic in the shape of a Logan Stone." "This rude monument of the Druids," says W. T. P. Shortt, Esq. in his "Collectanea Curiosa," &c., many times referred to in the course of this work, "consists of two immense detached granite stones, among many others strewed across the stream, the uppermost of which is poised upon another, deeply seated in the channel of the river. It is about eighteen feet in length, from W. to E., its greatest height from the eastern slope to the west end is ten feet. I found that it has however ceased to vibrate or log, which is accounted for by the sand washed in between by the floods. Polwhele says he rocked it easily with one hand, in 1797."[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Copper l.engr vign
Dimensions
102x102mm
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Dates
1800