Whooping Rock on Easdon Tor

"At the top of the hill [out of North Bovey] the road forks for Manaton, but our way is to the right, and if we are on foot we can shorten it by a considerable distance by taking the next turning on the right again, ascending Easdon Tor (i.e. East Down), which has long been discernible in the distance from the golden effect of the furze and bents on its rock-strewn side. The highest stone is the Whooping Rock, on which children with whooping cough are placed, under the impression that a sojourn there among the sheep was good for the complaint."

Cresswell 1921

Map - Easdon Cross