Childe's Tomb Dartmoor Devon UK
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N 50° 30.973 W 003° 56.385
30U E 433375 N 5596450
Childe's Tomb a granite cross on Dartmoor
Waymark Code: WM10TNH
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/23/2019
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A well-known legend attached to the site,
First recorded in 1630 by Tristram Risdon, concerns a wealthy hunter, Childe, who became lost in a snow storm and supposedly died there.
Despite disembowelling his horse and climbing into its body for protection. The legend relates that Childe left a note of some sort saying that whoever found and buried his body would inherit his lands at Plymstock. After a race between the monks of Tavistock Abbey and the men of Plymstock, the Abbey won.
The cross is situated and on the Abbotts way a route the Abbotts to across Dartmoor between Buckfast Abbey and Tavistock Abbey (some 24 mile), They also went to the Plymstock Abbey.
Visiting this remote location on the moor, one cannot help feel for the lone horseman becoming marooned on open moor during a snow storm and with the thought of survival, killing his horse.
Like all remote areas of Dartmoor, visitors must be prepared with suitable protection from the elements (Dartmoor's weather can change very quickly). That you are able to navigate (do not use mobile phone technology).
Type: Local Legend or Lore
Referenced in (list books, websites and other media):
http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/child_hunter.htm
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