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Dartmoor Heritage

Dartmoor's archaeology and heritage - antiquities, historic buildings and museums.

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Canadian Forestry Corps
Other Heritage Sites

Canadian Forestry Corps

Teigngrace, Kingsteignton

A quiet memorial to Canadian forestry workers who served on Dartmoor during World War II.

Captain Hunter Memorial
Other Heritage Sites

Captain Hunter Memorial

Lydford, Okehampton

A plaque on the Black Rock above the River Lyd near Lydford, in memory of Captain Nigel Hunter MC and Bar, Royal Engineers, killed in action in France on 25 March 1918, aged 23.

Card House
Historic Buildings

Card House

A Grade II* listed building on Dartmoor, likely dating from the 17th or 18th century, named for its distinctive card-house construction.

Cartridge and Press Rooms
Industrial Archaeology

Cartridge and Press Rooms

Powder Mills

Industrial ruins nestled on Dartmoor where gunpowder was manufactured and pressed during the 19th century.

Prehistoric Settlements

Cawsand Hill enclosures and hut circles

An agglomerate enclosure of three joined enclosures with seven hut circles, and three more huts to the south-west, on a north-west slope of Cawsand Hill above the Taw.

Celtic Cross
Crosses

Celtic Cross

A stone cross standing alone on the open moor, marking centuries of Dartmoor's spiritual and human history.

Chagford Bridge
Bridges & Crossings

Chagford Bridge

A Grade II* listed bridge spanning the River Teign at Chagford, a stone crossing of medieval or early modern origin.

Churches & Chapels

Chagford Gospel Church

Chagford

An evangelical church on Southcombe Street that continues the Bible Christian Chapel first established in Chagford in 1844, one of several churches serving the town and its...

Other Heritage Sites

Chagstock Festival Ground

Whiddon Down, Chagford

A historic gathering place on the edge of Dartmoor where community and landscape converge.