Walk Uncovers Tale of Stones

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WHETSTONES provided a living for hundreds of residents in a Devon village before farming was industrialised, and a guided walk is shedding light on the trade.

The stones of the Blackdown Hills were ideal for sharpening scythes and axes until the mines ran out in the early 1900s.

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Walk Uncovers Tale of Stones

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