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SUMMARY:Secrets of Taw Marsh - guided walk
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DESCRIPTION:Alan Endacott at the 'Irishman's Wall' stone circle and test pit, September
2024
Saturday 21 June - leaves Belstone Village Hall 1.30pm
Last year the world was amazed to learn that two late-Neolithic period
stone circles had been newly discovered ‘hiding in plain sight’ at Taw
Marsh. Alan Endacott, the Throwleigh archaeologist who found them, will
join a ‘Secrets of Taw Marsh’ guided walk on Saturday 21 June which
will visit the site of one of the circles near the Irishman’s Wall on
Belstone Tor and the nearby ‘Fallen Brother’ dolmen which he has also
recently identified as such. Alan will explain how he made his discoveries
and how the circles fit into his ‘Sacred Arc’ theory of ancient
monuments on north Dartmoor.
The walk will also consider other questions such as . . .  Where did the
‘Irishmen’ who built the ill-fated wall actually live? Who carved the
letter ‘B’ on the side of the Parson’s Nose/Walrus Rock/Whale Rock?
Who put out the second-oldest letterbox on the moor in the 1880s, and where
is it still hiding? What can be seen of Thomas Takfield’s 16th century
tin mill? What’s the story of the underground waterworks complex at Taw
Marsh? Why is a near-perfect granite field roller lying abandoned on the
side of Belstone Tor?
Led by Chris Walpole, the two and a half hour walk leaves Belstone Village
Hall at 1.30pm – please note the early afternoon start as we want to be
back in good time for cream teas and cakes in the hall. Dogs welcome but
they must be on a lead as it is still the lambing and bird nesting season;
walking boots advised as there will be some rough sections; donations
invited for Hall funds (suggested donation for the walk £5; for the walk
and refreshments £10).Chris Walpole
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