Earth:Lustleigh Cleave

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Short description: Valley in Devon, England
Lustleigh Cleave
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Length2 miles (3.2 km) North West-South East
Geography
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Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 50°37′16″N 3°44′49″W / 50.621°N 3.747°W / 50.621; -3.747 
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The Lustleigh Cleave is a steep sided valley above the River Bovey[1] in the parish of Lustleigh on Dartmoor. The cleave has been noted for its beauty since the 1800s,[2][3] and features extensively in guidebooks.[4][5]

Description

The Lustleigh Cleave is a steep-sided valley, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) in length, with the River Bovey flowing at the bottom approximately South-Easterly.[6]

Nothing can spoil the Cleave, where the granite, piled up like giants' castles, crowns the gorge, and is spread all the way to the stream below.
—Cresswell, 1920[7]

The valley is scattered with granite clitter (rocks strewn across the landscape), including rocking logan stones.[8]

Notable features

The cleave contains Hunter's Tor, a granite tor, typical of Dartmoor, and location of an Iron Age settlement, and later Domesday book settlement of Sutreworde.[9][10]

There is regeneration of temperate rainforest on the Lustleigh Cleave, following a reduction in grazing and swaling.[11][12][13][14]

References

  1. ↑ Crossing, William (1914). Guide to Dartmoor; a topographical description of the forest and the commons. Plymouth Western Morning News Co. p. 72. https://archive.org/details/guidetodartmoort02crosuoft/page/72/mode/2up?q=%22lustleigh+cleave%22. 
  2. ↑ Rowe, Samuel (1898). A perambulation of the antient and royal forest of Dartmoor and the Venville precincts, or a topographical survey of their antiquities and scenery. JG Commin. p. 136. https://archive.org/details/aperambulationa01rowegoog/page/136/mode/2up?q=%22lustleigh+cleave%22. 
  3. ↑ Nicholls Worth, Richard (1880). Tourist's guide to South Devon. London: Edward Stanford. pp. 76–77. https://archive.org/details/touristsguideto03unkngoog/page/n92/mode/2up. 
  4. ↑ A handbook for travellers in Devonshire (9th Revised ed.). London: John Murray. 1879. pp. 143-149. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Handbook_for_Travellers_in_Devonshire/Gb4IAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. 
  5. ↑ Baddeley, MJB; Ward, CS (1884). South Devon and South Cornwall. London: Dulau and Co. pp. 96-98. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/South_Devon_and_South_Cornwall/v_sGAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. 
  6. ↑ Crossing, William. Gems in a granite setting; beauties of the lone land of Dartmoor. pp. 75–79. https://archive.org/details/gemsingraniteset00crosuoft/page/75/mode/2up?q=%22lustleigh+cleave%22. 
  7. ↑ Cresswell, Beatric F (1920). Dartmoor with its surroundings; a handbook for visitors. London Homeland Association. p. 34. https://archive.org/details/dartmoorwithitss00cres/page/34/mode/2up?q=lustleigh. 
  8. ↑ Rowe, Samuel; Rowe, Joshua Brooking (1896). A perambulation of the antient and royal forest of Dartmoor and the Venville precincts, or a topographical survey of their antiquities and scenery. Exeter: JG Commin. pp. 136–137. https://archive.org/details/aperambulationa01rowegoog/page/136/mode/2up?q=%22lustleigh+cleave%22. 
  9. ↑ "Hunter's Tor (Lustleigh)". Tors of Dartmoor. https://www.torsofdartmoor.co.uk/tor-page.php?tor=hunters-tor-lustleigh. 
  10. ↑ Mortimer, Ian (December 2021). "The Location and Extent of King Alfred's Suðewyrðe". Reports and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the advancement of Science 153: 227–254. 
  11. ↑ Shrubsole, Guy (29 April 2021). "Life finds a way: in search of England's lost, forgotten rainforests". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/29/life-finds-a-way-in-search-of-englands-lost-forgotten-rainforests. 
  12. ↑ Parker, George (16 December 2022). "In search of Britain's lost rainforests". Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/04f27c46-dbba-42ef-8123-31f011a34a12. 
  13. ↑ Jones, Lucy (17 February 2023). "The plan to restore Britain's lost rainforests". Positive News. https://www.positive.news/environment/restoring-britains-lost-rainforests/. 
  14. ↑ Shrubsole, Guy (2022). The Lost Rainforests of Britain. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-852795-2. 




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