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This small clapper bridge is dedicated to F.H. (Harry) Starkey, a renowned and well-respected Dartmoor author who wrote many books on the area, including guided walks.

Steve Grigg, in his Dartmoor Explorations calendar, tells us: “On 20th April 1989: F.H (Harry) Starkey passed away. He was a committee member of the Dartmoor Preservation Association and the Devonshire Association. He also belonged to the Devon Archaeological Society, the Ramblers Association and the Bovey Tracey Probus Club. He gave many illustrated talk to the Workers Educational Association (WEA) and an initiative was taken by the Teignmouth WEA in early 1990 to obtain permission from the DNPA to restore the Manga clapper (near Teignhead Farm), as historically it was Harry who had discovered it in a dilapidated state. The clapper was restored in his memory and is known to some as “Starkey’s Clapper”.“

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