Ring-in-the-Mire

See also the 1845 painting of Ring-in-the-Mire on this page. Designated as a site where four parishes converge the Ring-in-the-Mire is an ancient pond where the parishes of Honiton, Sidbury, Gittisham and Farway meet. It is said that Isabella De Fortibus, the 8th Countess of Devon settled the boundaries after a dispute by throwing her ring into the mire, the name has since stuck. The pond was later associated with Farway Castle in Devon