Childe's Tomb and Cross, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park

Childe's Tomb and Cross, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park

Who was Childe? Whilst hunting on Dartmoor, Childe was overwhelmed by a snowstorm. To survive, he killed his horse, disembowelled it and then climbed inside for shelter. The snowstorm continued and Childe froze to death. Upon the event of his death, it became known that he'd leave his lands at Plymstock to whomever buried him first. Monks from Tavistock Abbey vied with people from Plymstock and managed to bury Childe in their abbey thus claiming his lands. A twist in the legend suggests that you can still see ghostly monks carrying Childe's coffin near the tomb.