Take Off Stone and Ring Rock, Beardon. North Dartmoor.
N 50° 38.367 W 004° 05.811
30U E 422440 N 5610305
A granite marker stone on Northern Dartmoor.
Waymark Code: WM3M3X
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/19/2008
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Many years ago when the turnpike roads were built, where there was a hill an extra horse was attached to a cart/coach at a certain point to help pull the vehicles up the hill, then unattached at the take off stone as the extra horse was no longer required.
There is a tethering ring rock beside the marker stone for the horseman to tie the extra horse up, waiting for collection.
Ordnance Survey map reference (10 figure) if within DNP – If outside the Park, add N/A: Not listed
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