Quintin’s Man/ Great Varracombe Hill

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Reference: The name of ‘Great Varracombe Hill’ appears in Tim Sandles’ Legendary Dartmoor Gazetteer.

At the summit of this subsidiary peak, there are two very conspicuous range huts and a less obvious, but still charming, hollowed-out cairn, with the ability to sit within. However, it does not provide much shelter as it is not very deep – and certainly nothing like Western Whittaburrow.

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