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Industrial Archaeology

Tin mines, blowing houses, tramways and quarries - the moor's industrial past.

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Eylesbarrow Tin Mine

Abandoned tin mine workings on the high moor, where stone structures and shallow pools mark centuries of industrial heritage.

Foxhole Mine near Arms Tor
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Foxhole Mine near Arms Tor

Tin mining remains on the moorland south east of Arms Tor, including Foxhole Mine and associated workings from the medieval to post-medieval period.

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Haytor Granite Tramway

Industrial remnants of the granite age: stone-built inclines and trackways that carried Haytor's stone down the moor to waiting carts.

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Haytor Granite Tramway

Granite-built tramway routes crossing Dartmoor, engineered to transport stone from quarries to distant markets in the 19th century.

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Haytor Granite Tramway

The stone-built remains of a 19th-century tramway cut into Dartmoor granite, engineered to haul stone from the quarries down the moorland slope.

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Haytor Granite Tramway

Industrial stone railway carved into the granite moorland, testament to Dartmoor's quarrying heritage.

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Haytor Granite Tramway

A granite tramway that once carried stone from Haytor's quarries across the open moor, now a walk through industrial heritage.

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Haytor Granite Tramway

A remarkable relic of industrial granite extraction: stone-built tracks that once carried heavy loads across the high moor.