It cannot be denied; we're a family who love Dartmoor, so today we all took a hike:
Noah found a 'Funny rock to shelter under':
After a steep climb we arrived at the top of Hookney Tor:
This is the view from Hookney Tor across the valley towards Hameldown (where we continued our hike). In the centre you can see the circle of Grimspound:
Grimspound is a Bronze Age settlement (around 1300BC) which consists of twenty-four hut circles surrounded by a stone wall. Here are the children in one of the remains of a roundhouse:
Here is James striking a manly pose at the south entrance of the settlement, with Hookney Tor in the background:
After a steep ascent to the top of Hameldown Tor, we found a trigonometry point and a cairn:
Close by were the remains of the ancient Hamel Down Cross. In 1854 the Duke of Somerset had it inscribed with HC (Hamel Down Cross) and his initials DS. He used it as a boundary marker:
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