The Buller stone - Wistmans Wood - Dartmoor, UK
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N 50° 34.777 W 003° 57.697
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The "Buller Stone" sometimes called the "Druid Stone" is a large inscribed, Dartmoor Granite boulder on the edge of an Oak woodland.
Waymark Code: WM16BXP
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/25/2022
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The woods are known as "Wistmans Wood" which is an ancient stunted Oak woodland.
Over the recorded history many have written about them, even to the extent of inscribing a huge granite boulder, following a tree survey.
It reads:-
"By permission of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Wentworth Buller on Sept 16th 1866 cut down a tree near this spot. It measured 9in. in diameter and appeared to be 168 years old."
Address:
Wistmans Wood
East Dart valley
Two Bridges
Dartmoor
UK
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