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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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William Crossing Memorial
Other Heritage Sites

William Crossing Memorial

Buckfastleigh

A modest stone memorial to William Crossing, the Victorian antiquary who mapped and documented Dartmoor with meticulous devotion.

Windy Post
Crosses

Windy Post

A 2 m granite cross, leaning west, on the col between the Walkham and Tavy valleys beside the Grimstone and Sortridge leat, on the medieval route east from Tavistock.

Wonson Manor
Historic Buildings

Wonson Manor

A Grade II* listed manor house, likely medieval in origin, standing in the moorland landscape south of Chagford.

Woodend Farmhouse
Historic Buildings

Woodend Farmhouse

Listed building on Dartmoor. Historic England list entry 1308548.

Woodland Trust Founder
Other Heritage Sites

Woodland Trust Founder

Southbrook Farm, Bovey Tracey

A modest memorial to the visionary who dedicated his life to protecting Britain's woodlands and wild places.

Wooston Castle
Hillforts & Earthworks

Wooston Castle

Scheduled hillfort earthwork in Fingle Woods above the Teign gorge, assumed to be Iron Age. A 2018 dig found a medieval radiocarbon date in the upper ditch fill and no dating evidence for the Iron Age assumption.

Wringworthy Farmhouse
Historic Buildings

Wringworthy Farmhouse

A Grade II* listed farmhouse on Dartmoor, likely medieval in origin with later modifications, standing in the open moorland landscape.

Yar Tor stone row
Stone Rows & Alignments

Yar Tor stone row

A triple stone row about 250 m long with about 124 small stones, between Yar Tor and Corndon Tor, ending at Money Pit Cairn.