Hillson's House Traditional Cache
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A cache near Cornwood, at the South side of Dartmoor near the River Erme. Parkng can be found at the South-West Water Waste Site which is easily found on an OS map.Follow the path up to the works and then head to the right along the wall and you should see a gateway through which to enter the moor. There is a great stone row and circle on the map with fantastic views on a clear day.
One day, a tiny baby boy was found abandoned on the bleak Staldon Barrow. Time has erased the name of the person who found him but he was taken back to safety and frantic efforts were made to find his parents. Sadly, nobody was forthcoming to claim the boy and the moorfolk became concerned that he would be taken into care. Luckily there was an old childless couple who took pity on the child and adopted him as there own. They gave him the name of 'Hillson', presumably from 'son of the hill', eluding to where he was found.
Time flew by and soon Hillson was a grown man, throughout his life he was a shy, solitary boy who preferred his own company. So it was no surprise that one day he took himself off the the hill where he was found and built himself a small house on its summit. The stone he used to build his abode was taken from the old ancient cairn which stood on the hill, the house of the dead became the house of the living.
Hillson had taught himself the intricacies of clock making and it was from this that he made his living by building eight-day clocks. Rumour has it that he was the first clock maker to introduce that type of clock into the Dartmoor area.
The passages of time have abandoned Hillson for nobody can remember how he finished his years, he was left in legend to build his clock on that ancient and remote hilltop.(taken from the suggested link of Legendery Dartmoor)
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100z sebz gur pnvea (140qrterrf zntargvp). N ovt ybaryl fgbar.
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