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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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Wigford Down cross
Antiquities

Wigford Down cross

A medieval wayside cross standing on Wigford Down, near Cadover Bridge, marking an old route across the moor.

Heritage & Places

William Crossing Memorial

Buckfastleigh

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

Windy Post
Antiquities

Windy Post

A weathered granite wayside cross standing on open moorland north of Sampford Spiney, likely medieval in origin.

Antiquities

Wittaburrow Cairn

A Bronze Age cairn standing on open moorland, offering insight into Dartmoor's ancient burial practices and the people who inhabited these hills millennia ago.

Wonson Manor
Antiquities

Wonson Manor

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

Woodend Farmhouse
Antiquities

Woodend Farmhouse

A Grade II* listed farmhouse on Dartmoor, likely medieval or early modern in origin, now a reminder of the moor's settled landscape.

Heritage & Places

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
Antiquities

Wooston Castle

Iron Age hillfort on the high moor with earthwork ramparts, likely defended settlement from the first millennium BC.

Wringworthy Farmhouse
Antiquities

Wringworthy Farmhouse

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