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Cranmere Pool
Rivers & Waterways

Cranmere Pool

Dartmoor Forest

Cranmere Pool is a small depression within a peat bog in the northern half of Dartmoor, Devon, England, at grid reference SX604858. It lies 560 metres (1,840 ft) above sea level on the western flank of Hangingstone Hill, close to the

Cullever Steps
Tors & Landmarks

Cullever Steps

Belstone

The stepping-stone and ford crossing of the East Okement River below Belstone Tor, a named point on the old Forest boundary, now crossed by army bridges.

Cullever Steps Pool
Wild Swimming

Cullever Steps Pool

Belstone

A pool on the East Okement River just below Cullever Steps, a remote wild swimming spot below Belstone Tor.

Dean Burn
Rivers & Waterways

Dean Burn

Rattery

A tumbling brook that rises on Dean Moor and falls through a steep, wooded glen of small waterfalls down to Buckfastleigh, one of the two moorland rivers that shaped the town.

Doe Tor Falls
Tors & Landmarks

Doe Tor Falls

Lydford, Okehampton

A small waterfall on the Doetor Brook between Doe Tor and Brat Tor, described by William Crossing in 1914 as a most charming cascade hidden away in a narrow rift.

East Dart River
Rivers & Waterways

East Dart River

Dartmeet

The East Dart River is one of the two main tributaries of the River Dart in Devon,

East Okement River
Rivers & Waterways

East Okement River

Dartmoor Forest

The East Okement is a river in the Dartmoor moors in Devon in south-west England. It joins the West Okement at Okehampton to form the

Fernworthy Reservoir
Rivers & Waterways

Fernworthy Reservoir

Dartmoor Forest

A reservoir on the South Teign River, ringed by conifer forest near Chagford. Built between 1936 and 1942, its granite-faced dam floods a valley rich in Bronze Age remains that reappear in times of drought.

Harbourne River
Rivers & Waterways

Harbourne River

Didworthy

The Harbourne River is a river in Devon in England. Its estuary is known as Bow Creek, and flows into the River Dart near Stoke

A close-up photograph from DartmoorPhotograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“The numerous blocks of granite which appear to be split asunder by some violent action, are said by the moormen to have been riven in that manner by the earthquake which occurred at our Saviour's crucifixion.”

P. F. S. Amery, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association, vol. 12 (1880), 1880

Also on Our DartmoorFive hut circles with curved walls, Ger Tor enclosure — A cluster of five hut circles, 2.8 to 4.2 m across, joined by curved boundary walls that do not close, inside the large Ger Tor enclosure.