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American and French Prisoners of War memorial garden
Princetown, Tavistock, Devon
Grid ref: SX 5881 7420 Find this on the Map Reference Finder
On walking routes: Abbot's Way
Main image: Dartmoor Prison - France and American Prisoners of war cemetery - 40 metres from location - image by Pete Cruse (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
This memorial garden honours the thousands of American and French soldiers who were imprisoned on Dartmoor during the early 19th century.
- Grid reference: SX 5881 7420 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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