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Eastern White BarrowEastern White Barrow (SX 665652) is a Bronze Age cairn. It is a commanding structure - a streamlined heap of granite with a circular tower of stones. It looks rather like an early submarine, but is a burial structure. The views over Southern Devon and Dartmoor from the barrow are superb on a good day and makes you think that whoever lies buried underneath must have been a very important person to have been buried in such a place. The barrow oozes atmosphere.To get there is easy. Park at Shipley Bridge (SX 681629) 3 miles north of the town of South Brent. From here there is a road to the Avon Dam which follows the Avon river. The road is very popular with locals. Follow this road for a short distance and at the Hunter's Stone take the road up to the filtration plant. After a short climb, you can then follow the track of an old tramway which takes you up on the westerly side of Brent Moor towards Red Lake. It is about 1.5 miles to the barrow. From the barrow go in an easterly direction towards the Avon Dam. You can either descend to the metalled road and return back to Shipley Bridge or (better route!) you can carry on the high ground and skirt around Zeal Plains, visit the old settlement of Rider's Rings and descend back down onto the road at Black Tor.This easy walk takes you to the edge of the South Dartmoor wilderness. It gives a good base with which to start exploring some other very interesting places. It takes about 2 hours. A map and compass should be taken. Be careful in adverse weather problems once you're off the tramway.
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