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Black-a-tor Copse is one of three high-altitude oak woodlands on Dartmoor, sitting beneath Black Tor and beside the West Okement river. The trees are smaller than usual due to the harsh environment, and the ground is covered in lichens and mosses. It is managed by Natural England and is home to rare plants. The woodland is part of Dartmoor's ancient landscape, with a history stretching back to the 16th century.
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Plate from A Book of Dartmoor, page 290, 1900“Therefore the little river divides and leaps and tumbles foaming over the mossy granite, or creeps beneath the boulders by invisible ways.”
Also on Our DartmoorCairn east of Scout Hut — Bronze Age cairn on the eastern moorland near Scout Hut, a scheduled monument with views across Dartmoor.
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