Grid reference SX6280
3 km from Postbridge, Devon, England
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Broad Down walker - Dartmoor
A solitary walker returning back to Postbridge.
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Broad Down
Sheep grazing on what they can find after the winter. The greener high point of Broad Down is visible on the skyline.
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The East Dart River
At this point the river takes a very steep gradient falling 50 metres in the next 500 metres.
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Samuel Tor
This rocky outcrop has no official name. However, there is a plaque here calling it Samuel Tor, dedicated to Samuel Nigel George Ayers, a little boy who died in 2006 aged just two and a half. From some internet research it would appear... (more)
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East Dart below Broad Down
A hint of interlocking spurs as the river's course steepens - it has a lot of descending to do in the next kilometre before turning south to Postbridge.
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Broad Down
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Boundary wall
To the right of this wall, on Broad Down, is enclosed land and to the left lies open moor and the Merrivale Range.
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Samuel Tor
This rocky outcrop has no official name. However, on the summit there is a memorial SX6280 : Samuel Tor to a little boy, Samuel Nigel George Ayers, calling this place Samuel Tor. It is a remote and peaceful spot.
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Broad Down
Belted Galloway cattle scattered across the slopes climbing away from the East Dart.
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Broad Down
The highest point at 503 metres.
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East Dart river
The river just below the waterfall.
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Entrance to Broad Down
The route up from Postbridge reaches a cross-moorland wall here, with a gate giving access onto Broad Down and lots of directional options beyond.
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