4288 x 2560 px | 36,3 x 21,7 cm | 14,3 x 8,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2014
Ubicazione:
Watern Tor, Dartmoor, Devon, England
Altre informazioni:
Watern Tor (grid ref SX 629869) is a uniquely eroded tor on the eastern side of the Northern Moor, commanding great views all around. Although it is not really in the wilderness, it is a wild and exposed place much favoured by horse people. On the eastern side of the tor lies the extensive wet ground of Gidleigh Common. It consists of a series of piles, rising from the ridge of the hill, the stratification of which presents the appearance of piles of large petrified pancakes. The two piles at the northern end, in one part, near the top, approach so closely as to appear to unite, leaving a large oval aperture in the tor, through which (moormen have said, a man can ride on horseback. But on a closer examination, it will be observed that there is an interval of at least one foot wide in the narrowest part; and in the widest, the piles stand about eight feet apart, leaving ample room for man and horse to pass through. This aperture appears to have given rise to the name of Thirlstone by which the northernmost granite outcrop is known
