Fice's or Fitz's Pool near Princetown

'John Fitz, of Fitzford, near Tavistock, who was one day riding with his wife, lost his way on the moor. After wandering in vain to find the right path, being thirsty and fatigued, he at last found a delicious spring of water, whose powers seemed to be miraculous, for no sooner had he partaken thereof than he was enabled to trace his steps correctly home wards. It is still believed to possess many healing virtues. In gratitude John Fitz erected the memorial stone marked I. F., 1568, which, with a few other slabs of granite, protects it, for the advantage of all pixy-led travellers. It is about 3 feet deep, and lies in a swamp near the remains of an ancient bridge, or clam, the bridge being partly swept away by a flood in 1873...

...One and a half miles north of Dartmoor Prison is the above well, protected by rude slabs of granite, bearing the initials J. F., and date 1568. It is said to possess many healing virtues, and to have been first brought into notice by John Fitz, of Fitzford, near Tavistock, who accidentally discovered it when, riding with his wife, he had lost his way on the moor. The legend runs that, "After wandering in the vain effort to find the right path, they felt so fatigued and thirsty that it was with extreme delight they discovered a spring of water, whose powers seemed to be miraculous ; for no sooner had they satisfied, their thirst than they were enabled to find their way through the moor towards home without the least difficulty. In gratitude for this deliverance, and the benefit they had received from the water, John Filz caused a stone memorial to be placed over the spring, for the advantage of all pixy-led travellers." It ¡s about 3 feet deep, and lies in a swamp at a short distance from the remains of an ancient bridge, or clam, on the Blackabrook. The bridge was swept away by a flood " (1873). — Murray's Guide, 207.

Hope 1893

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