TORS OF DARTMOOR
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Lizwell Meet Tor Lizwell Meet is a wild, pretty place where the East and West Webburn join to continue their journey south to the Double Dart near Buckland Bridge. Just north of the convergence, on the right bank of the East Webburn, there is a prominent elongated mound inundated by vegetation with exposed granite at both its north-western (SX 7122 7384) and south-eastern (SX 7127 7376) points.  Whilst the East Webburn skirts its craggy eastern side, the west is a small flat area of marsh ground, perhaps evidence that this hill adorned by creeping trees, shrubs and bracken was once an island.  Crossing writes of Lizwell Meet in his book 'Gems in a Granite Setting' that "The meeting place of these two rivers of Widecombe is in one of those charming nooks that contrive to hide themselves from the gaze of the passer-by, and give scarcely a hint of their existence." Indeed, its topography appears to have escaped the gaze of Ordnance Survey as their maps fail to capture the contours of the landscape and those visiting without foreknowledge will be surprised to find the tor in a position that suggests flat land.  Once a favourite place to visit in the bygone Victorian era, its private status means few now tread here to admire the convergence of two great moorland rivers, a permit obtained from Fountain Forestry being a requirement.
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