The raven is the largest of the crow family, and found all over
Dartmoor. It resembles the crow closely, but can be distinguished
by its larger size, long, curved beak, and the ruff of feathers
under its chin. In flight it also has a tapered tail, unlike the
crow’s flat-ended one.
The raven is famously associated with the Tower of London, which
is fabled to fall if the ravens disappear. The raven population at
the Tower did fall to just a single individual on one occasion, and
was replenished with birds captured from Sourton Quarry, just
outside the northwest boundary of the National Park.
There are many places in Dartmoor associated with the Raven, and
many places named after it: there are numerous Raven Rocks and
Ravens Tors; Rippen Tor was once another Raven Tor.
The cache is sited on the hillside overlooking Raven's Tor, in
the beautiful Lustleigh Cleave.
This cache is part of the Heart of Dartmoor Series. Inside
each cache is a yellow card with 2 numbers on it. Please ignore the
Greek letter clue. The other clue will help you to find the Heart
of Dartmoor Bonus.