SECOND SUMMER MEETING. XXXI. 



SECOND SUMMER MEETING. 



12th August, 1920. 



The second meeting of the session was held on Thursday, 

 August 12th, at 



EGGARDON HILL AND POWERSTOCK. 



It was a glorious summer day, and there was an excellent 

 attendance of members, &c., who numbered about 70. To 

 the regret of all, the President, Mr. Nelson M. Richardson, 

 was unavoidably prevented from being present. But his 

 place was taken by one of the Vice- Presidents, Mr. Alfred 

 Pope, F.S.A., who acted as President for the time being. The 

 itinerary had been admirably arranged by the Hon. Secretary, 

 the Rev. Herbert Pentin. "The party assembled at 



MAIDEN NEWTON 



and the hour during which they had to wait for the Power- 

 stock train was spent in an inspection of the church. The 

 mutilated churchyard cross was examined, and the Norman, 

 Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular details of the 

 church were carefully observed. The sundial bears the date 

 1638. The remains were afterwards visited of \vhat was once 

 one of the finest village crosses in the county, standing 

 opposite the White Horse Inn. 



On alighting at Powerstock station the members of the 

 party made the two-mile ascent to the prehistoric fastness of 



EGGARDON 



where pinic luncheon was partaken of. Although it was some- 

 what hazy, the members were able clearly to identify the 

 outstanding heights of Shipton and Thorncombe Beacons, 

 Golden Cap, Lambert's and Conig's Castle, Pilsdon Pen, and 

 the wooded slopes of Lewesdon Hill, upon which the Rev. 

 William Crowe, rector of Stoke Abbott, wrote his famous 

 descriptive poem. The contours of the tree-plumed crests of 

 Loders Hill and Boarsbarrow were also visible. After 



