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‘Big Tip’ at Foggintor is aptly named. It is a humongous heap of granite boulders and slabs, effectively the waste material from Foggintor Quarry when it was functioning. We learn from John Hallett (1994) that: “It was not until the late 1840s that workers began to be housed in the [Foggintor] quarry area and by 1861 there were 267 folk living in the area around Foggintor. The highest concentration of houses was alongside ‘Big Tip’, the largest of the spoil tips.”

Further Reading:

• Hallett, J. (1994): Around Princetown’s Quarries

From Hill Cottages you can walk across the top of Big Tip right to its end. It is so elevated above Foggintor Mire that you feel on top of the world!

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