This walk: 2011-1-21. Shipley Bridge, River Avon, Rider's Rings, bronze age settlements, Avon dam, Avon reservoir, spilling water patterns.
Walk details below - Information about the route etc.
The River Avon near the Shipley Bridge car park .....
As previous photograph .....
As previous photograph.
Approaching Rider's Rings bronze age settlement .....
Looking at the remains of two round houses (hut circles) inside the settlement ..... after a disappointing visit in the summer, when the bracken was high, this visit was only a little better.
Looking across the valley from the remains of a hut circle.
Zoomed view to the Avon Dam.
Looking down on the valley floor from the high ground near the dam .....
Similar to the previous photograph but looking further down the valley .....
In the other direction, the Avon Reservoir .....
Looking immediately along the top of the dam .....
,,,,, and just behind the dam.
Across the reservoir, at SX 675 658, another settlement on Hickaton Hill.
Another view of the dam .....
Zoomed view .....
| Dartmoor CAM movie A panning and zooming look at the Avon Dam and the water spilling over the top. We wondered as to the reason for the patterns in the falling water - possibly a clue is seen in the waves coming over the top?
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Click the photo to download File size: 4 MB. Time to download: e.g. 13 secs Length 50 secs |
The patterens in the spilling water .....
A "yellow rainbow" seen in the water at the base of the dam .....
| Dartmoor CAM movie A panning and zooming look at the Avon Dam and the water spilling over the top.
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Click the photo to download File size: 4 MB. Time to download: e.g. 13 secs Length 50 secs |
MAP: Red = GPS satellite track of the walk.
Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2005. All rights reserved. Licence number
100047373.
Also, Copyright © 2005, Memory-Map Europe, with permission.
This walk was accessed from the Marley Head exit from the A38, near South Brent, and following signs for Avon Dam. There is a large car park and toilets at the P symbol/yellow cross on the map. .............
Statistics
Distance - 6.43 km / 4.00 miles
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