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.....a few wrecks, other strange stones, tea plants, aircraft wrecks, springs, lost ponds, shoot ranges etc...
Sounds like an intriguing place I will have to head north more often. I'm afraid I can't pinpoint the grid reference - my mind was blown by a sea of bogs and groughs by that stage of the walk. I found it unusual that such as talismanic rock wasn't marked on the map when other less impressive boulders are flagged up. Good to find out that its been 'adopted' by fell runners as a checkpoint! Ian - I can see why you run nav courses up there. I can't imagine a terrain which has the potential to go off course so easily, felt properly wild, even on a nice day with a good group. Without a grid reference I can't pinpoint the height, but it is a plausible theory for hte name, will try to estimate and see if it comes close.