Bowerman's Nose in winter

Bowerman's Nose is a large stack of weathered granite on Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom. It is situated on the northern slopes of Hayne Down, about a mile from Hound Tor and close to the village of Manaton at grid reference SX742805. Not only is it a spectacular rock formation, which appears on many local postcards and calendars, but it is also the subject of Dartmoor folklore. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 458 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1288 × 1684 pixel, file size: 336 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 458 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1288 × 1684 pixel, file size: 336 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Close-up of granite from Yosemite National Park, valley of the Merced River Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... High Willhays, the highest point on Dartmoor and southern England at 621 m (2037 ft) above sea level, with Yes Tor beyond. ... Hound Tor is one of the more impressive tors on Dartmoor, United Kingdom - a good example of a heavily weathered granite outcrop. ... The village of Manaton is situated on the south-eastern side of Dartmoor National Park, Devon, in the United Kingdom. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

According to local legend, a huntsman called Bowerman lived on the moor around one thousand years ago. When chasing a hare he and his pack of dogs unwittingly ran into a coven of witches, overturned their cauldron and disrupted their ceremony. This article is about the hunting of prey by human society. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Witchcraft. ... Three-legged iron pots being used to cater for a school-leavers party in Botswana. ...

They decided to punish him, and the next time he was hunting, one of the witches turned herself into a hare, and led both Bowerman and his hounds into a mire. As a final punishment, she turned them to stone - the dogs can be seen as a jagged chain of rocks on top of Hound Tor, while the huntsman himself became the rock formation now known as Bowerman's Nose. With a little imagination, it is possible to see a human face in the rocky outline. The less commonly known part of this legend is that at night,it is possible to hear the screams of pain as he was turned to stone by the witches. Image:DianaHound. ... Hound Tor is one of the more impressive tors on Dartmoor, United Kingdom - a good example of a heavily weathered granite outcrop. ...

Coordinates: 50.61061° N 3.77932° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...