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 56 TJu Ancunt Stone Crosses events was to indicate the direction of this path, and to point to the ford, or bridge, at Goodameavy, in the valley below. The road leads to Roborough Down and Buckland Abbey, and like the one we have traced from Plympton Priory, was doubtless often traversed by the monks in the days — "Ere yet, in scorn of Peter 's-pence, And numbered bead and shrift, Bluff Harry broke into the spence And turn'd the cowls adrift." In our progress across Wigford Down we shall have been gratified with the varied and extensive view that is com- manded from it. The whole of the western fringe of the southern portion of Devon, extending from Plympton to Brent Tor is visible, backed by a wide range embracing the principal hills of East Cornwall. In the other direction a fine sweep of moor is presented, with many a noble tor uplifting its granite head, and looking down grimly on the smiling^ border valleys.