A night of heavy rain and still drizzling well as we six assembled in Lowery Cross carpark.
Easy walk down to ancient multi stone parish boundary, past Dousland Reservoir, and over Tyrrwhit's horsetramway granite setts to climb up around the new Yennadon Quarry boundary. Men and machines at work in the mud, always a good viewing topic and will be until the only working quarry on Dartmoor closes in 2032!
Swiftly on past George Stone Baron's 1836 iron mine to the WW2 search light and antiaircraft battery platforms, skies clearing, views over Cornwall appearing.
Horse tramway reappeared as a sharp loop and steeper incline than the steam railway and a cow creep breaks the railway route.
Burrator Reservoir's sandy fringes come into view, a good background for group pic.
Along the tidy leat track now and then down the hill , passing ruins of Mullacraft Cottage and its corner's bench mark clear of moss.
We then joined the lake side path and ventured over the rocky beach for a sit down and a cuppa and the warm sun.
Pleasant wooded tracks led us back to the lake side road and previous summer land of orchids, where now scabious waved blue heads at us in their wet forests.
Detouring now into remains of 1585 Vinneylake Farm. Which outlines could be a longhouse? Difficult. Maybe the highest one. Occupied until 1926.
Up Vinneylake Hill to see the LC stone with potential links to Lowery Cross aka Crossgate.
The head of the cross at Crossgate was found in a wall at Vinneylake Farm.
More puzzles. The Yennadon Cross is also sometimes referred to as Lowery Cross !!
Time marching on now we picked up speed by the leat and passed ruins of various Lowery dwellings the clearest of which is Lowery Cottage.
Into Peekhill Plantation and fallen trees to navigate before reaching the road to Lowery Cross car park and our vehicles.
A pleasant lunch in a very welcoming Burrator Inn completed our Miscellany!
Anne
Most refs from Exploring Around Burrator, Updated Edition 2023 by Paul Rendell