Giacomo Ghellini
A legendary tale
Grey Wethers consists of two monumental stone circles and is situated north of Postbridge, on the moors of Dartmoor. The wheels have a diameter of about 33 meters each, and their centers are almost magically aligned along the north-south direction. This unique place is the subject of local folklore as the word 'wether', in Old English, means 'sheep'. Legend has it that in the distant, almost forgotten past, a farmer who had recently moved to Dartmoor stopped to drink some pints of good cider. After a few too many, the locals noticed his cockiness and convinced him that there was a high quality flock of sheep to buy in the surrounding area.
He headed out into the smoky fog of the moor, where he saw them grazing placidly, and happily returned to the pub to hand over his money. Sadly, the next day he came back and, when sober, realized that what he had mistaken for sheep were actually the stones that form this magnificent archaeological site.
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