Spinsters Rock

A Devonshire Association Meeting at Spinsters Rock. The [http://www.devonassoc.org.uk/ Devonshire Association] was founded in 1862. Its formal objectives are to further the study of Science, Literature and the Arts, in relation to the county of Devon, and to promote the exchange of ideas with a view to the education of the public. Local tradition says that this strangely named dolmen was erected one morning before breakfast by three spinsters or spinning women, to amuse themselves as they were on their way to deliver the wool they had spun. The stone fell early in 1862, but the stones were [LinkToda1321 re-erected] in November 1862. This dolmen is thought to be the remains of a Neolithic burial chamber, one covered by an earth mound. It is about 2.7m (9 ft) high and the capstone weighs 16 tons.