ANTIQUARIAN INVESTIGATIONS ON DARTMOOR. Ill 



Stones, the highest, three feet from the surface ; ten are erect, five 

 fallen. Between this avenue and the stream is a caim : there is 

 one also at the extremity of the S. avenue, but very imperfect. 

 A stream- work intersects the avenues diagonally. 



Below Golden tor, near Prince-town, is the group of kistvaens 

 before described ; and near Two-bridges on Bair down, the raaen 

 or rock-pillar. On the banks of the west Dart, above Two- 

 bridges, is the celebrated Wistman's wood, the venerable relics of 

 one of the most ancient forests in the world. The wood extends 

 along the acclivity which rises abruptly from the river, nearly half 

 a mile in length, and about a furlong in breadth. The trees, 

 which are all oaks, present a scene at once curious and interest- 

 ing, from their stunted growth, and gnarled and twisted boughs 

 matted with luxuriant moss, whortle, and parasitical plants. But 

 although the trees do not exceed twelve feet in height, some of 

 them are ten feet in girth, and the foliage is thick, flourishing, 

 and vigorous. 



Southward, towards Two-bridges, on the same acclivity, are 

 numerous hut circles. Here is also a Pound of an irregular form 

 less perfect, but of a character similar to those in other parts of 

 the moor. A hut circle near its lower wall, has a double foun- 

 dation, different from any before noticed. 



Crockern tor, celebrated by tradition as the situation of an ancient 

 stannary court, crowns the southern summit of this ridge. The 

 tor can scarely be said to possess any vestiges of such appropria- 

 tion, although it is believed that a granite table and benches ex- 

 isted within the memory of persons now alive. The natural rock, 

 however, still retains a conformation sufficiently akin to that of a 

 chair, to warrant the supposition that it might have been appro- 

 priated as the seat of the presiding officer. 



On Chittaford down, above Post bridge, is the grand central 

 trackway, noticed in the general description ; and near it above 

 Goggershole head, are detached hut circles, cairns, and a kist- 

 vaen five feet square. Archerton hill, near Post bridge, boasts 

 the singularly perfect hut above-mentioned . Here is also a Pound 

 of a remarkable construction, thought by the observers to resem- 

 ble a fortification or camp. The area is partitioned by lines of 

 stones, in directions apparently irregular; the hut is placed near 

 the rampart, and without it are several hut circles. The diameter 

 of the Pound is one hundred yards. On the same hill are various 

 relics of trackways, inclosures, and hut circles; one of the latter 

 is very complete and is seven yards in diameter. 



