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Cutty Dyer
Myths & Legends

Cutty Dyer

A water spirit said to haunt the River Ashburn near Ashburton, remembered in old Devon folklore as a mischievous or dangerous presence.

The Hairy Hands
Myths & Legends

The Hairy Hands

A ghost story about phantom hands attacking drivers on a remote stretch of the B3212 near Postbridge, popular since the early 20th century.

Myths & Legends

Childe the Hunter

A granite cross marking the burial of a young nobleman who died on Fox Tor Mires, with competing versions of how he got there.

The Legend of Kitty Jay
Myths & Legends

The Legend of Kitty Jay

The grave of Kitty Jay, a suicide victim denied consecrated burial, near Hound Tor on Dartmoor.

The Piskies of Sheepstor
Myths & Legends

The Piskies of Sheepstor

A pixie legend attached to Sheepstor, on the high moor between Princetown and Dartmeet.

Hound Tor: the Petrified Hunter
Myths & Legends

Hound Tor: the Petrified Hunter

A granite tor near Manaton said to be a hunter and hounds, petrified as punishment for hunting on the Sabbath.

Dartmoor Perspectives
Online & Media

Dartmoor Perspectives

Photographs of the Forest and Commons - an absolutely brilliant resource filled with beautiful photographs of Dartmoor by Mike R Russell