A collection of walks, discoveries, insights and pictures of exploring Dartmoor National Park
August 25, 2020
HEMSWORTHY (WHITE) GATE
Nigel Machin
Hemsworthy Gate – July 2020‘Hemsworthy Gate’ name appears to be a modern OS invention? Its real name has always been ‘White Gate’ – and in the 1925 photo it looks like it was painted white.The narrow gate was demolished by US troops in WW2 so they could get tank transporters through. The gatepost you can see in the 1925 picture didn’t go very far – it is now lying in the wall on the north side of the modern wider gatewayA superimposed 2020 picture on a c1920 postcard. Apart from the cattle grid sign and the road sign post this scene has remained the same.
