Ashburton
Ashburton-born lawyer John Dunning (1731 to 1783), Solicitor General and Lord Ashburton, who bought the Spitchwick lease in about 1769 and built his Dartmoor house there.
A Dartmoor fact about Avon Dam Reservoir
Ashburton
Thomas Blackall (1814 to 1899), an Exeter physician who bought Spitchwick in 1867, rebuilt the house and had the carriage drive made that still carries his name.
North Bovey, Newton Abbot
Established in 2021, Langaford Farm Trust conserves a 100 acre Dartmoor farm near Lettaford on Dartmoor's North Eastern rim: a mix of pastures, woodland and wetland, renowned for its conservation of the Marsh fritillary butterfly.
Okehampton
Where US Navy Liberator 63926 hit the ridge above the West Okement valley in cloud on 28 December 1943, killing all ten crew. Debris runs from the ridge top down towards the river.
Okehampton
Where B-17G Flying Fortress 42-37869 hit a hill in cloud on Christmas Day 1943. Five of the eight aboard died. A scar in the bog, scraps of metal and a memorial mark the spot.
Okehampton
Where US Navy Liberator 32014 hit the Steeperton Tor ridge in cloud on 3 December 1943 on a training flight, killing all ten crew. The RAF cleared the wreck over nine days.
Tavistock
Where Avro Lancaster R5617 of 207 Squadron flew into Standon Hill on a night training flight on 24 May 1942. Four of the six aboard were killed.
Newton Abbot
Where Hampden X3054 of 49 Squadron hit the north-east slope of Hameldown on the night of 21 March 1941, returning from a raid on Lorient. All four crew died. A granite boulder memorial marks the spot.
Newton Abbot
Where B-24D Liberator 42-40474 flew into Hameldown near Two Barrows on 27 December 1943, killing all eight crew. Only melted metal and fittings remain.
Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“Tincombe Lane is all uphill / Or downhill, as you take it; / You tumble up, and crack your crown, / Or tumble down and break it.”
Also on Our DartmoorMedieval enclosures and building in Okehampton Park — Two joined enclosures and a building on a ridge above the West Okement, in the Okehampton Park cleared by Hugh de Courtenay about 1300; the tithe map marks it 'hospital'.
