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Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Raged Jack at Lynton

   
        Photo of Lynton, Valley of Rocks, Ragged Jack 1907, ref. 59384
       
Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith.
   


'Before long it [a footpath from Lynton and Lynmouth] brings you to a fantastic mass of rocks, known as "Ragged Jack".  To this group is attached the often-repeated legend of people turned into stone for misconducting themselves on a Sunday.'

Hope Moncrieff 1895

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