10.8km/6.7 miles/4 hours Ascent 331m/1087ft
WHITCHURCH COMMON bristles with granite exuberance, and it is our past response to this hard igneous stone that forms a persistent refrain during the walk. Scrutiny of the granite fragments spread around the Whitchurch tors reveals frequent examples of ad hoc quarrying. Numerous surface ‘moorstones’ still bear the scars of having been split, ready to be carted away.
No close inspection is needed to spot quarrying
