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A Dartmoor Country Dance Party
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A Dartmoor Country Dance Party

by Bob Cann

Bob Cann's Pixie Band playing live for dancing at Victory Hall, South Zeal, in 1988, with Bob calling the dances.

Baring-Gould Centenary
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Baring-Gould Centenary

by Jim Causley

Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes mark the centenary of Sabine Baring-Gould's death with an album of songs he collected on and around Dartmoor.

Childe the Hunter (song)
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Childe the Hunter (song)

by arranged by Seth Lakeman Traditional

Seth Lakeman's recording of the traditional Dartmoor ballad of Childe the Hunter, from his 2006 album Freedom Fields. Collected by Baring-Gould.

Dartmoor quiz

Old books sometimes spell "Fice's Well" differently. Which of these is one of those spellings?

Fitz's Well. It appears in 9 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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Devonia
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Devonia

by Jim Causley

Jim Causley's 2021 double album of 40 Devonshire songs, the final chapter in his trilogy of Devon song albums.

Devonshire Roses
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Devonshire Roses

by Jim Causley

Jim Causley's 2020 collection of 20 best-loved Devonshire songs, the second in his trilogy of Devon song albums.

Down 'pon Old Dartymoor
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Down 'pon Old Dartymoor

by Bill Murray

Bill Murray's 2008 collection of traditional Dartmoor songs and music, produced with Wren Music.

Dumnonia
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Dumnonia

by Jim Causley

Jim Causley's 2011 collection of lesser-known Devon folk songs, the first in his trilogy of Devonshire song albums.

Kitty Jay (album)
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Kitty Jay (album)

by Seth Lakeman

Seth Lakeman's 2004 album, recorded in a Horrabridge kitchen and nominated for the 2005 Mercury Prize. The title song tells the story of Jay's Grave.

Kitty Jay (song)
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Kitty Jay (song)

by Seth Lakeman

Manaton

Seth Lakeman's song of the Dartmoor legend of Kitty Jay, the servant girl buried at the crossroads near Hound Tor. Title track of his 2004 album.

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Sunset from Lints TorSunset from Lints Tor. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul, its vastness, and also its grim charm.”

Also on Our DartmoorStone Row — Bronze Age stones arranged in a purposeful line across Dartmoor's open moorland, their meaning still debated by archaeologists.