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

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Belstone and Okehampton boundary stones
Milestones & Boundary Markers

Belstone and Okehampton boundary stones

Belstone

Three parish boundary stones close together on Belstone Common near Lower Tor: two Belstone stones (BB and a smaller, older BB/P) and an OPB Okehampton stone.

Belstone Pound
Prehistoric Settlements

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.

Belstone Village Stocks
Other Heritage Sites

Belstone Village Stocks

Belstone

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

Bennett's Cross
Crosses

Bennett's Cross

A tall cross, 1.85 m high and misshapen, beside the B3212 near the Warren House Inn, cut with 'WB' for Warren Bound and marking the Chagford and North Bovey parish boundary; lightning damage repaired in 1983.

Dartmoor quiz

What is the earliest known source for the legend of Old Crockern?

Sabine Baring-Gould's Book of the West (1899). The earliest known source for Old Crockern is Sabine Baring-Gould's Book of the West (1899), which introduces him with no further explanation, as though the name needed none.

Worth a visit
Historic Buildings

Berry Pomeroy Castle

Berry Pomeroy, Totnes

A late 15th-century castle and Tudor mansion ruin near Totnes, built by the Pomeroy family and later extended by the Seymours, now cared for by English Heritage and celebrated for its ghost legends.

Betsy Grimbal's Tower
Historic Buildings

Betsy Grimbal's Tower

A Grade I listed tower adjoining the former vicarage, a distinctive landmark on Dartmoor's slopes.

Bidlake Mill and leat
Industrial Archaeology

Bidlake Mill and leat

A Grade II listed watermill on the River Lew, first mentioned in 1268, rebuilt in 1565 and mostly 17th century, with an overshot wheel that still drives a circular saw.

Bishops House
Historic Buildings

Bishops House

Medieval listed building on Dartmoor. Historic England list entry 1147239.