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Church of St Mary, Mary Tavy
Churches & Chapels

Church of St Mary, Mary Tavy

Mary Tavy, Tavistock

Grade I church with 14th-century nave and chancel, an early 15th-century granite tower and a porch sundial dated 1702.

Church of St Mary, Sampford Spiney
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Church of St Mary, Sampford Spiney

Sampford Spiney, Yelverton

Grade I church with a late 13th or early 14th-century nave and transept, a 16th-century granite tower, and a 14th-century font.

Church of St Mary, Walkhampton
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Church of St Mary, Walkhampton

Walkhampton, Yelverton

Grade I granite church of the late 15th and 16th centuries, standing apart from Walkhampton village, with a tall pinnacled tower.

Church of St Michael, Chagford
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Church of St Michael, Chagford

Chagford, Newton Abbot

Grade I granite church, a complete 15th-century rebuild with a Whiddon table tomb of 1575 and the grave slab of Mary Whiddon, died 1641.

Dartmoor quiz
A photograph of a place on Dartmoor; the question asks which
Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

Which Dartmoor bridge is this?

Wallabrook Clapper Bridge. A single-slab granite clapper bridge over the Walla Brook on Gidleigh Common, just above the brook's meeting with the North Teign River.

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Church of St Michael, Princetown
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Church of St Michael, Princetown

Princetown, Yelverton

Grade II* granite church of about 1810-14 by Daniel Alexander, built with prisoners of war from Dartmoor Prison, later enlarged.

Church of St Peter, Buckland in the Moor
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Church of St Peter, Buckland in the Moor

Buckland in the Moor, Ashburton

Grade II* granite church, 15th or early 16th century, with an original painted screen and a clock face lettered MY DEAR MOTHER.

Church of St Peter, Meavy
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Church of St Peter, Meavy

Meavy, Yelverton

Grade I church with a Norman core, a chancel-arch pier carved with rams' heads, and carved roof bosses, beside the Meavy Oak.

Church of St Peter, Peter Tavy
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Church of St Peter, Peter Tavy

Peter Tavy, Tavistock

Grade I granite church, probably 14th century and much rebuilt in the 15th, whose tower was struck by lightning on 21 November 1893.