"In his Survey of Devon Risdon describes as one of the remarkable objects of the moor "a high rock called Crockern Tor, where the parliament for Stannary causes is kept, where is a table and seats of moorstone, hewn out of the rocks, lying in the force of all weather, no house or refuge being near it." We shall see a good many newtakes, as the enclosed land is called, when we leave the hotel and prepare to ascend Crockern Tor, which is no great distance behind it. The parliament on Crockern Tor lasted till very late, it being finally the custom to assemble there, swear in the jurors, and then adjourn to one of the Stannary towns, where debates and business would be less liable to interruptions from the weather. The climb up the rock is not difficult."
Cresswell 1921
Map - Crockern Tor
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