The Great Thunderstorm
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The Great Thunderstorm of Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Dartmoor, England took place on Sunday, 21 October 1638, when the church of St Pancras was allegedly struck by ball lightning during a severe thunder
The tower of Widecombe church, 1983
Warren House Inn
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The Warren House Inn is a remote and isolated public house in the heart of Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is the highest pub in southern England at 1,425 feet above sea level, and is the second highest
The Great Thunderstorm
…and rode away into the storm. As they flew over nearby Birch Tor, the four aces from Jan's pack of cards fell to the ground, and today, if you stand at Warren House Inn, you can still see four ancient field enclosures, each shaped like the symbols from a pack of cards. List of natural disasters in the United Kingdom…
The Warren House Inn
The view east from near the Inn, showing remains of open-cast tin mining
A distant view of the Inn giving an idea of its isolation