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Cranbrook Down
Grid ref: SX 7380 8892
On walking routes: Teign Gorge Classic Circuit, Castle Drogo
Main image: Photo: Roger Cornfoot, Wikimedia Commons
Cranbrook Down is a high point on Dartmoor, known for its association with the legend of Cranbrook Castle.
- Grid reference: SX 7380 8892 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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Tolmen stone. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“The peat glowed as though it were red-hot, and night brooded on the eastern face of every hill.”
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