Dartmoor Heritage
Dartmoor's archaeology and heritage - antiquities, historic buildings and museums.
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'B' Range Firing Point (Disused)
A stark concrete relic of Cold War training on Dartmoor's open moorland, where British forces once prepared for conflict.
'F' Range Redoubt (remains)
Stark stone foundations of a Victorian military redoubt, half-buried in Dartmoor's open moorland.
"Twist" (Ruined Farmhouse)
Cudlipptown, Tavistock
A crumbling stone farmhouse deep on Dartmoor, slowly surrendering to weather and time.
“The granite tors still lift their lofty heads to the sky, the heather and gorse still bloom on the moor, the stream yet pursues its way over its rocky bed, and all is here unchanged.”
Which book is this from?
A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge
A Bronze Age cemetery of burial cairns scattered across the high ridge.
Abbey Gatehouse
Grade I listed gatehouse, likely medieval, standing at the threshold between monastic and secular Dartmoor.
Addiscott Cross
East Week, Chagford
A granite wayside cross standing on the open moor, likely medieval in origin, marking an ancient route across Dartmoor.
Addislade
A Grade II* listed building on the open moor, likely a historic farmstead or smallholding with deep roots in Dartmoor's settlement pattern.