A RICKETY Stairway to Heaven art installation has suddenly sprouted on Dartmoor - either that or Jack has abandoned his panto season Beanstalk in favour of a giant ladder.

This impressive piece of eye-catching sculpture graces the spot above Widecombe-in-the-Moor once fondly occupied by an oversized wooden chair.

Mean-spirited Dartmoor chiefs set upon the sit-upon seven years ago amid claims it was too popular with visitors and caused traffic problems.

Supporters of the disproportionate prop dismissed their complaints as nonsense, claiming no such clamour at the scene ever materialised.

They lost the fight - and the solid oak chair was taken away in a massive removals van.

Each party agreed the skyline-changing structure cut an impressive sight by any stretch of the imagination.

One local wag has suggested the newly-installed ladder was just a small part of a much larger - and soon-to-be-erected - seasonal ensemble piece featuring a whopping great Christmas tree.