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Potato Cave, Combshead Tor

Potato Cave, Combshead Tor
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Many old farms on Dartmoor have a 'Potato Cave', a hole dug in the growan (soft porous rock originating from decaying granite, where the potatoes were stored over winter. The entrance to this potato cave is on the hillside above the ruins of Combshead farm.

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