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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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Teign-e-ver Clapper Bridge
Bridges & Crossings

Teign-e-ver Clapper Bridge

Gidleigh, Chagford

A Grade II listed footbridge over the North Teign River on Gidleigh Common: two long granite slabs side by side, held in place by iron bands.

Teignhead Farm (Ruins)
Historic Buildings

Teignhead Farm (Ruins)

Chagford

Weathered stone ruins of a moorland farm, slowly being reclaimed by Dartmoor's granite-strewn landscape.

Dartmoor quiz
A photograph of a place on Dartmoor; the question asks which
Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

Which Dartmoor stone circle is this?

Fernworthy Stone Circle. A Bronze Age stone circle within the Forest at Fernworthy.

Worth a visit
Ten Tors Cross (Okehampton Camp)
Crosses

Ten Tors Cross (Okehampton Camp)

Okehampton

A concrete Maltese-style memorial cross inside Okehampton Camp, given to the Royal Signals in 1960 and moved here in 1971 from the first Ten Tors base at Denbury.

Attractions & Visitor Sites

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum

Exeter

Bill Douglas was a British filmmaker and collector renowned by critics and fans as having one of the most unique, personal and poetic visions in British cinema history.

The Dancers stone circle, Stall Moor
Stone Rows & Alignments

The Dancers stone circle, Stall Moor

The Dancers stone ring, 15.5 m across with 26 stones, at the south end of a single stone row about 3.3 km long on Stall Moor.

The Dartmoor Trust
Charities

The Dartmoor Trust

The Dartmoor Trust has a database of 1000's of images and audio from life on Dartmoor

The Donkey Sanctuary
Other Heritage Sites

The Donkey Sanctuary

Higher Keaton, Ivybridge

A sanctuary devoted to the welfare and rescue of donkeys, set within the rolling landscape of Dartmoor.

The Golden Lion Hotel
Historic Buildings

The Golden Lion Hotel

Grade II* listed hotel, likely Georgian or Victorian, standing in a community setting on the edge of Dartmoor.