A Walk Along the Pipe Track

It’s been a while since I last walked along the Pipe Track from Shaugh Bridge on the River Plym. The Pipe Track gets it’s name from a disused clay pipe that was once used to carry china clay in suspension from the clay works near Cadover Bridge to the stone settling ponds at Shaugh Bridge. There was once also a building here where it was dried, before being loaded onto carts to be transported away on the railway.
The Pipetrack follows the side of a steep valley and passed through ancient oak woodland and across an open stretch of moor, from where there are open views across the valley to the Dewerstone (main photo). This rocky outcrop is popular with climbers and in 1960 a bronze age pottery cup was found in a crag here. Archeological evidence suggests this area was occupied from the neolithic period through to the Iron Age. The name Dewerstone derives from Dewer who was said to have hunted here with a pack of phantom hounds, and the area is still said to be haunted. The two extra photos are of the River Plym at Cadover Bridge and another view of the Dewerstone Rock. All photos taken this morning in bright sunshine.