Gallows Hill
A bowl barrow 35 m across and 2.1 m high at the north end of Lydford, said to be the site of the Lydford gallows.
A bowl barrow 35 m across and 2.1 m high at the north end of Lydford, said to be the site of the Lydford gallows.
A Dartmoor fact about Widecombe Fair Show Field
Helen is a psychology graduate. teacher and hypnotherapist. She lives in Devon and spends her time exploring and photographing the ancient and enigmatic sites of Dartmoor.
Ashburton
Paloma Suarez is a textile artist working with stitching, felting and mending - stories told with colour.
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
Outdoor coaching and guiding offering wild swimming walks, navigation courses and cold water swimming instruction across Dartmoor and Southwest Devon.
For many years Sophie was a reporter for BBC South West, covering all manner of stories for the radio and TV. She left in 2020 and now writes full time.
A compact granite tor with a memorial cross, overlooking the moor and near Great Mis Tor.
Chagford
A scheduled medieval wayside cross of one piece of granite with very short arms, leaning on Week Down above Chagford.
Ashburton
Locally-run restaurant in Ashburton serving breakfast, lunch and Friday-Saturday evening meals with locally-sourced ingredients.
Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“It is indeed a scene of desolate loneliness, the spot being the wildest in the east quarter of the forest.”
Also on Our DartmoorWigford Down — A prominent moorland down with a large cairn marking the summit, offering wide-ranging views across Dartmoor.