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Pumping Mount (Ruins)
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Pumping Mount (Ruins)

Challacombe, Chagford

Crumbling stone ruins of a Victorian pumping station deep on the open moor, a relic of Dartmoor's industrial past.

Dartmoor quiz

Old books sometimes spell "Sheeps Tor" differently. Which of these is one of those spellings?

Sheepstor. It appears in 18 of the old books and papers in our research library, so the name has not always been written the way we write it now.

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Rowden Farmhouse
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Rowden Farmhouse

A Grade II* listed farmhouse on Dartmoor, likely dating from the medieval period or earlier, with later modifications reflecting centuries of moorland farming life.

Royal Oak Public House
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Royal Oak Public House

Grade II* listed public house, likely Georgian or Victorian, built to serve travellers and communities on or near Dartmoor.

Ruined buildings (Roses Cottage)
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Ruined buildings (Roses Cottage)

Challacombe, Chagford

Roses Cottage's skeletal remains stand weathered on open moorland, a poignant reminder of Dartmoor's lost settlements.

Ruined Farmhouse
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Ruined Farmhouse

Poole Cottages, Moretonhampstead

Stone foundations and crumbling walls mark a farm abandoned to Dartmoor's exposed uplands, its history written in weathered granite.

Other Heritage Sites

Rushford Tower

Sandy Park, Chagford

A striking stone tower standing sentinel on the open moor, offering glimpses into Dartmoor's industrial and defensive past.

Sampford Manor
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Sampford Manor

A Grade II* listed manor house with attached barn and front wall, standing in the Dartmoor landscape.

Sanders
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Sanders

A Grade I listed building on Dartmoor, Sanders is a surviving example of moorland domestic architecture from the medieval or early post-medieval period.

A close-up photograph from DartmoorPhotograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“You caan't fill un even now in the drouth, an' come autumn an' rain 't will all be bog again.”

Also on Our DartmoorSkaigh Warren and Ivy Tor settlements — Skaigh Warren on the north slope of Cosdon Hill: at least 21 pillow mounds, a warreners' shelter, ridge and furrow, two hut circle settlements and two cairnfields, one of 28 mounds.