Will May's House. by pat40

Photography • Architecture • posted on Jun 06, 2011

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Will May was a Chagford peat cutter who worked the peat around Gidleigh Common in the 1780's. Will May's House (SX 639868) is a small ruin (6.5 * 4.5 ft) that sheltered him while he worked in this lonely but beautiful place. There is a well preserved fireplace inside, an intact entrance and a nearby slab that may have been the door lintel. it was a very Hard walk out to here on Saturday as it's all little gorse bushes &Bracken, i managed to pick up six sheep tics,i must have sweet blood as they never go on Bern.

Comments (11)

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rainbows

11:10AM | Mon, 06 June 2011

Don't evey you the ticks, Pat. A wonderful capture and write up. It was so tiny a place... Hugs. Di. xx

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Bossie_Boots

11:17AM | Mon, 06 June 2011

A superb capture and eww to the tics bet they narf itch !!

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geico2000

12:17PM | Mon, 06 June 2011

beautiful shot

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bobrgallegos

12:43PM | Mon, 06 June 2011

Awesome photo and story!!

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jayfar

1:29PM | Mon, 06 June 2011

Great shot and story Pat. Watch out for those tics they can cause Limes disease!

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durleybeachbum

1:36PM | Mon, 06 June 2011

Yucky ticks! I hope you carry a tick twister! What an evocative shot this is.

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neiwil

2:00PM | Mon, 06 June 2011

Same size as my garden shed!...certainly wouldn't be comfortable as an abode. I suppose it was only for foul weather shelter as he would be out cutting peat from sun up to sundown. Sheep tics....uuuuck, the pesky side of hill walking, 'durleybeachbum' suggests a tic twister...think I'd prefer a flame thrower :-)

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blinkings

4:52PM | Mon, 06 June 2011

Ewww tics! YUCK. I gotta say this type of post really sparks my imagination. Sweetly done.

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Faemike55

7:06PM | Mon, 06 June 2011

Cool capture, Pat never had the 'joy' as it were to experience a sheep tick and if I have any say in it I won't ever.

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bmac62

12:01AM | Tue, 07 June 2011

I am surprised this much remains of Will May's house...excellent image and bit of history. As for tics...I've lived with them for my entire life until moving to Washington state a year ago. I am overjoyed to be free of them!

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