Kit's Steps, on the Lyd, Devon ([1848?])
Rock & Company
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | S SC1455-1 |
| Devon | TOR | I/S |
Illustration Reference
SC1455-1
Location
CD 23 DVD 4
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Evans, Rachel. Home scenes: or, Tavistock and its vicinity. London: Simpkin and Marshall; Tavistock: J. L. Commins, 1846. pp. 178-9.Our attention was first directed to the nearest point of attraction, - Kitt's steps. We were somewhat disappointed at finding the machinery of a mine in full work obstructing our view of the waterfall. But by some climbing we contrived to peep at the chasm through which the Lyd rushes, at one place losing itself beneath the obstructing rocks, and then leaping with renewed impetuosity into a natural basin beneath. The descent on the whole is thirty feet, and this cascade in the opinion of many, is even more romantic in itself, than what is commonly termed Lydford waterfall, inasmuch as the former appears more natural. Of course the surrounding scenery is not to be compared, and heaps of refuse from the mine detract much from the picturesque effect of Kitt's steps; but strangers would do well to pay a visit to the place, it is only a quarter of a mile from the Okehampton road.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Steel l.engr vign
Dimensions
85x65mm
Note
Rock & Co. ; no. 890
Aspects
Waterfalls
Subjects
Dates
1848