Focus Point 5:
Tad, the Great Dane
On the south east side of the mill, towards the road, carved in the rock is a Latin verse. About 1800 the vicar of St James' Church was heartbroken when his beloved Great Dane “Tad” died. In his grief he had a Latin verse inscribed, the translation of which is as follows:
“FOR THEE TAD, GREAT DOG, BOTH THE BREEZE AND THE ROCKS OF THIS WORN HILL MOURN TOGETHER; TO THEE LET THE HILL BE DEDICATED FOR EVER FROM HENCEFORTH THOU SHALT RUN EVERYWHERE ON SIX FEET”
Six feet is apparently a reference to the Latin hexameter, a line of verse in six measures or feet. |
