Dartmoor Codexery

A source-cited reference to dartmoor

Dartmoor (28)

• Ashburton, Devon — Historic stannary town on Dartmoor's southeastern edge.
• Bellever — Hamlet on the East Dart with a 1934 youth hostel and Bellever Forest.
• Belstone — Dartmoor village with Bronze Age remains and literary connections.
• River Bovey — Largest tributary of the River Teign, rising on eastern Dartmoor.
• Bovey Tracey — Gateway to the Moor, with a history tied to Becket's murder.
• Bowerman's Nose — Granite stack on Dartmoor with folklore and disputed height.
• Buckland Beacon — Granite tor with carved Ten Commandments and a Jubilee Stone.
• Burrator — Locality in Devon, site of a reservoir and a grouped parish council.
• Burrator Reservoir — A Dartmoor reservoir supplying Plymouth, completed in 1898.
• Chagford — A Dartmoor market town with a history of tin and wool.
• Childe's Tomb — Granite cross on Dartmoor with a legendary hunter's tale.
• Clapper bridge — Ancient stone slab bridges found on Dartmoor and other uplands.
• Cosdon Hill — A prominent Dartmoor hill with prehistoric remains.
• Cranmere Pool — Dartmoor depression, site of the first letterbox.
• Crapstone — Devon village on Dartmoor's edge, known for its unusual name.
• Crazywell Pool — A Dartmoor pond linked to tin mining and local legends.
• River Dart — A Devon river rising on Dartmoor and flowing to Dartmouth.
• Dartmeet — Confluence of East and West Dart, with prehistoric remains.
• HM Prison Dartmoor — Historic prison on Dartmoor, built for Napoleonic prisoners of war.
• Dartmoor longhouse — A medieval stone house sharing a roof with livestock on Dartmoor.
• Dartmoor Preservation Association — Environmental body founded in 1883 to protect Dartmoor.
• Dartmoor Training Area — Military training area on Dartmoor used since around 1800.
• Dartmoor Zoological Park — A Devon zoo reopened after closure, now a conservation charity.
• Dendles Wood — Protected upland oakwood on Dartmoor's southern edge.
• Devon Air Ambulance — Charity providing helicopter and car emergency medical cover for Devon.
• Devonport Leat — A 1790s leat carrying Dartmoor water to Plymouth's dockyards.
• Ditsworthy Warren House — Isolated Dartmoor warren keeper's house and War Horse film location.
• Dr Blackall's Drive — A scenic carriage drive built by a Victorian physician.