The Ghost Tor Rider
Between Powder Mills and Two Bridges the B3212 passes below an eminent pile of
rocks called Crockern Tor. This point is close to the centre of Dartmoor and was
used from 1305 to 1749 for open air meetings of the "Tinners" or Stannary
Parliament (Stannum is Latin for tin). The tor was chosen because it was about an
equal distance for the twenty four representatives who were sent from the four
Stannary towns situated in each corner or "quarter" of the moor. They might well
have had an uninvited member joining them at their twice yearly meetings for "Old
Crockern" favoured dark nights for his adventures across Dartmoor. This mysterious
horseman had a skeleton steed and was a truly frightening sight to behold.
It is believed that he may well have been associated with the Wisht Hounds as
their "kennel" in Wiatman's Wood lies just over the hill from Crocker Tor. Nobody
knows who this mysterious rider is or why he haunts this tor and surrounding moor.
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