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"From Fernworthey a further ramble towards Siddaford Tor [Sittaford Tor] will take us to Grey Wethers, two stone circles, placed very near to each other, neither of them quite complete. Those who have seen the Hurlers in Cornwall will recognize a likeness. As you look at them from a distance, you can not fail to be struck with the resemblance to sheep, which has earned them their name. Often I have fancied I saw sheep in the hollow, and afterward realized I was looking at Grey Wethers. Crossing refers to them as having been the subject of a moorland practical joke. A stranger was induced to purchase so many sheep, and was directed to find them below Siddaford Tor. On reaching the spot and seeing only stones, he was jocosely informed that these where the Grey Wethers he had bought.
Alas this practical joke has no longer any point! A too generous and gracious patron has kindly "restored" the grey wethers, and now they stand up like two little rings of tombstones, all their former quaintness vanished"
Cresswell 1921
Map - Grey Wethers
Map - The Hurlers
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