Education & Knowledge

Rebecca Beattie

Bere Alston

Dartmoor-raised author, Wiccan priestess and witchcraft teacher whose books explore nature, magic and the wheel of the year.

Kristy Turner

Okehampton

Museum Manager and Curator at the Museum of Dartmoor Life in Okehampton, leading the museum with energy and community focus.

Scorhill Stone Circle

A Bronze Age stone circle standing among open moorland, marked by weathered granite monoliths aligned to ancient horizons.

Belstone Pound

A sturdy stone-walled enclosure on the open moor, built to pen stray livestock in the days when Dartmoor's commons were fiercely defended.

Quaker Burial Grounds

A hidden burial ground on Dartmoor where Quaker communities laid their dead, away from parish churchyards.

Remains of Cloister and Abbey Church Walls

Tavistock

L-shaped fragments of walls in St Eustachius' Churchyard are the remains of the north-west corner of the Abbey cloister and the south wall of the Abbey Church, dating to the thirteenth century.

Coronation Stone

A weathered granite stone marking a royal occasion on the open moorland, standing as a quiet monument to Dartmoor's role in national history.

Belstone Village Stocks

Belstone

A sturdy stone stocks stand in Belstone village, a sobering reminder of medieval justice on the edge of Dartmoor.

Ashburton Cookery School

Ashburton

Award-winning cookery school in Ashburton, Dartmoor's edge, offering over 50 courses from half-day classes to professional diplomas. Founded 1992. Teaches both passionate home cooks and aspiring chefs using the finest local and seasonal Devon produce. ICSA Academy accredited.