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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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Churches & Chapels

Moretonhampstead Community Church

Moretonhampstead

A community church meeting on Sunday mornings, at the Sports Centre on some Sundays and the Chapel on Fore Street on others, with a club for primary-aged children twice a month...

Motte and Bailey
Other Heritage Sites

Motte and Bailey

Mill Leat, Buckfastleigh

A Norman earthwork rising from open moorland, where ancient ramparts still command the high ground after nearly a thousand years.

Dartmoor quiz
“I be mazed 'bout blue." ... "Butter be mazed twice a year, they say" ... "It un't going to bittle." ... "Do it vitty, now.”

Which book is this from?

Through a Dartmoor Window. Written by Beatrice Chase in 1915.

Worth a visit
Historic Buildings

Nattonhole Farmhouse

A Grade II* listed farmhouse on Dartmoor, likely medieval in origin with later additions, set in the moorland landscape.

Neadon Upper Hall
Historic Buildings

Neadon Upper Hall

A Grade I listed hall on the high moor, likely medieval in origin, standing isolated in the Dartmoor landscape.

New Bridge
Bridges & Crossings

New Bridge

A listed stone bridge crossing a Dartmoor watercourse, likely medieval or early modern in origin.

Newleycombe Cross
Crosses

Newleycombe Cross

A medieval cross head 0.6 m high on a 1.3 m modern shaft in its original square socket stone, 40 m south of the old track between Buckfast and Tavistock abbeys.

Norsworthy Bridge
Bridges & Crossings

Norsworthy Bridge

Sheepstor, Tavistock

A modest stone bridge crossing the West Dart River, where moorland paths converge in one of Dartmoor's quieter valleys.