Logan rock in the Teign ([1840?])
William Spreat
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| Devon | West Country Studies | Not in stock |
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The route book of Devon: a guide for the stranger and tourist. Exeter: Besley, 1846. p. 323.In the same parish, [Drewsteignton] between two and three miles from Fingle bridge, on the left of the road leading to Okehampton, on a farm called Shilstone, is another very ancient Drudical remain-the CROMLECH, or Spinster's Rock. This interesting monument of by-gone ages is stated by antiquaries to be 2200 years old. "It consists of three supporting granite stones, two leaning to the N. and the other to the S.E., about nine feet and half in height, and a ponderous granite table stone, fifteen feet in length, laid across these."* [
]. The numerous vestiges of forts or camps, logan stones and rock idols, existing, and the etymology of the names now applied to many different places and localities in this neighbourhood, prove beyond all question, that it was thickly peopled by the ancient Britons. Drewsteignton, a small village about half a mile from Fingle bridge, is said by some to have been the chief seat of the Druids in Devonshire.* "Collectanea Curiosa. [W. T. P. Shortt, Esq.]"[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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Lith vign
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58x55mm
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Dates
1840