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On the height of Wigford Down, which overlooks Cadover, are a 
group of remains. These consist of a kistvaen, the cover-stone of 
which has been removed, and now lies to one side, while the tomb 
itself has collapsed; around the kist is a circle twenty -four feet 
in diameter, the stones composing which are exceptionally large, 
the dimensions of one being nine feet by four feet by three feet. 
About 150 yards to the north of this kistvaen, and on the 
highest point of the hill, is a confused mass of stones about seventy- 
two feet in diameter. This heap is now in too disturbed a state 
for any trace of its original arrangement to be discovered. Whether 
therefore it is merely the base of a cairn which has been robbed of 
the greater number of its stones, or of some chambered erection, 
it is impossible to say ; but personally I incline to the latter 
theory. 
To the west is an elliptical enclosure, 90 feet on the longer axis 
and 57 feet on the shorter. There are other less important 
remains in the immediate vicinity. 
Walking toward Cadover Bridge we shall find two tumuli of 
small size, and near them an old cross set in a small artificial 
mound, with a trench dug round it. This cross had lain on the 
ground for many years, but was placed erect as we now find it by 
the soldiers, during the autumn manoeuvres some years ago. (See 
figure 1.) 
On the other side of the river, at the corner of Shaden Brake, 
where the field-path from Shaugh rejoins the Cadover road, is 
another old cross, which, less fortunate than the last, has fallen, 
not to be re-erected, but to be converted into one of the stepping- 
stones of a stile. It seems a pity to let it lie as it now is, 
especially as some years ago I found its socket on the slope of 
Hawks Tor, in the angle between the Cadover and Plympton 
roads. It would be a very small matter to carry this old cross 
back to its socket, and re-erect it. 
CADOVER BRIDGE TO BLACKABROOK. 
From Cadover Bridge to the Blackabrook the river runs in a 
wide, flat valley, very different to that portion of the course which, 
we have just surveyed. The stream itself consists of alternate 
long, deep pools and sharp stickles, and not only the bed of the 
river, but the whole of the valley on this length, is almost entirely 
free from boulders. 
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