Acknowledgement: Pointed out by Max Piper on Facebook, 20th February 2026.
Notes: Estimated to be 25 metres above sea level (or possibly even 1-2 metres slightly lower than that).
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You Are My Sunshine, Inscription
Acknowledgement and Further Information: Dartmoor Explorations Website.
Notes: Classified on Dartefacts as a Memorial Site rather than as inscribed letters/ numerals as it feels more like a remembrance type item.
The inscription is taken from the song ‘You are my sunshine’. The 8318 means ‘I love you forever’ (8 letters, 3 words, 1 meaning 831) and the end 8 is ‘forever’ – an 8 on its side is infinity.
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You’ll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don’t take
My sunshine away
Lopes Stone Mark Fenlon
Acknowledgement: Information provided by Mark Fenlon (identified 2014). This stone was found uprooted and recumbent.
Virtuous Lady Crags, Far West
Reference: This is the far west crag as documented on Tors of Dartmoor.
Partially Open Adit, Virtuous Lady Mine
Reference: The NGR and details for this feature were kindly supplied by Steve Grigg on his Dartmoor Explorations website.