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Tor
Haytor
Granite tor on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, also known as Haytor Rocks.
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Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Historic site
Haytor Granite Tramway
Tramway of 1820 with rails cut from granite, built to carry stone from the Haytor quarries to the Stover Canal.
Tor
Hound Tor
Weathered granite tor with the ruins of a medieval village nearby, cared for by the national park for English Heritage.
Rock stack
Bowerman's Nose
Stack of weathered granite about 6.6 metres high on Hayne Down, near Manaton.
Prehistoric site
Grimspound
Bronze Age settlement of 24 hut circles inside a low stone wall; a scheduled monument since 1928.
Village
Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Moorland village whose church is called the Cathedral of the Moors for its tall tower; home of Widecombe Fair.
Bridge
Postbridge clapper bridge
Medieval clapper bridge over the East Dart at Postbridge, probably built in the 13th century for packhorses.
Woodland
Wistman's Wood
One of the few remaining high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor, first recorded in the 17th century.
Village
Princetown
The moor's main village, founded in 1785, beside the granite walls of Dartmoor Prison.
Museum
Dartmoor Prison Museum
Museum of the history of Dartmoor Prison in Princetown.
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Prehistoric site
Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement
Bronze Age stone rows and other megalithic monuments south of the road at Merrivale, managed for English Heritage.
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Reservoir
Burrator Reservoir
Reservoir on the southern side of the moor, completed in 1898 to supply Plymouth with water.
Ruin
Tavistock Abbey
Remains of a Benedictine abbey surrendered in 1539; the refectory, two gateways and a porch survive.
Market
Tavistock Pannier Market
Covered market hall in the centre of Tavistock.
Village
Brentor
Village below the hill of Brent Tor, which is topped by the church of St Michael of the Rock.
Gorge
Lydford Gorge
The deepest gorge in South West England, cut by the River Lyd, with a 30-metre waterfall; National Trust, closed in winter.
Castle
Lydford Castle
Stone tower of 1195, rebuilt in the 13th century and used as a prison and court for the Forest of Dartmoor.
Castle
Okehampton Castle
Norman motte-and-bailey castle built between 1068 and 1086, later turned into a hunting lodge by the Courtenays.
Museum
Museum of Dartmoor Life
Social history museum of Dartmoor in an early 19th-century mill with a waterwheel, opened in 1981.
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Historic site
Finch Foundry
Water-powered forge at Sticklepath that made edge tools until 1960; National Trust, with working hammers.
Country house
Castle Drogo
Granite castle by Edwin Lutyens built between 1911 and 1930, described as the last castle built in England.
Bridge
Fingle Bridge
Seventeenth-century three-arched packhorse bridge over the River Teign near Drewsteignton.
Waterfall
Becky Falls
Waterfall of about 20 metres in a woodland park with trails and a small animal area.
Abbey
Buckfast Abbey
Active Benedictine monastery refounded in 1882; the abbey church was built between 1907 and 1938.
Heritage railway
South Devon Railway
Steam railway of about seven miles along the River Dart between Buckfastleigh and Totnes.
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- Dartmoor (area photo): Addshore, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Haytor: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Haytor Granite Tramway: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hound Tor: Phillip Capper (PhillipC) from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bowerman's Nose: Helendy, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Grimspound: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Widecombe-in-the-Moor: Pasicles, CC0, source
- Postbridge clapper bridge: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Princetown: Totnesmartin, Public domain, source
- Dartmoor Prison Museum: David Hallam-Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Burrator Reservoir: Jolly Janner, Public domain, source
- Tavistock Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, source
- Lydford Gorge: Photochrom Print Collection, Public domain, source
- Finch Foundry: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Castle Drogo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fingle Bridge: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Buckfast Abbey: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- South Devon Railway: Alex1011, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Exmoor & Lynmouth: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Exeter: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Plymouth: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Torquay, Paignton & Brixham: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dartmouth, Totnes & the Dart: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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