Folklore, Myth & Legend

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Childe the Hunter

A granite cross marking the burial of a young nobleman who died on Fox Tor Mires, with competing versions of how he got there.

Folklore, Myth & Legend

Crazywell Pool

A large moorland pool near Princetown, said to be bottomless and an omen of death in local tradition.

Folklore, Myth & Legend

Cutty Dyer

A water spirit said to haunt the River Ashburn near Ashburton, remembered in old Devon folklore as a mischievous or dangerous presence.

Walking & Hiking

Dartmoor's Daughter - Emma Cunis

After a 20 year global business career living in New York, Hong Kong, London, and Australia, Emma returned home to Devon to recover her health. Reconnecting with her family’s love and guiding history on Dartmoor, she qualified as a Hill & Moorland Leader (HML) and founded ‘Dartmoor’s Daughter’.

Authors & Writers

Helen JR Bruce

Folklorist, author and storyteller specialising in Dartmoor folklore, the Wild Hunt and Black Dog legends, available for talks, signings and guided walks.

Storytelling

Henry Everett

Storyteller, poet and photographic artist based on Dartmoor, telling traditional tales of the land in the oral storytelling tradition; author of Pixie Folk Tales.

Folklore, Myth & Legend

Hound Tor: the Petrified Hunter

A granite tor near Manaton said to be a hunter and hounds, petrified as punishment for hunting on the Sabbath.

Folklore, Myth & Legend

Lady Howard's Coach

A ghostly coach drawn by headless horses, said to travel the road between Tavistock and Okehampton on winter nights.

Authors & Writers

Lisa Schneidau

Storyteller, author and folklorist living on the wild edge of Dartmoor, using traditional oral storytelling to explore our relationship with nature and folklore.