Grimspound - The Legend (or is it just a load of rubbish!)
Many centuries ago, when man (and hopefully woman!) lived in such places as Kents Cavern and Chudleigh Caves, there were a group of men who had great empathy with nature and were thought to have special powers. They performed secret rituals and were revered by all. They held many of thesecrets of ancient Celtic life, passing them down through the generations of their kind by word
of mouth.
Unfortunately, their diet of pork scratchings and pickled onions had its problems. Once people started to get the idea of personal hygiene and cleaning out the caves, their problem was exposed. They were banished to Dartmoor; whereon a bleak, but windy hillside, they hoped their gassy difficulty would be blown away. + Read More