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Which Dartmoor place has also been known as "Big Tip"?

Foggintor Quarry. The quarry closed in the early twentieth century, leaving the flooded pit, cut faces and spoil heaps seen today, including the huge waste tip known locally as Big Tip.

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Childes tombChildes tomb. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“We saw before us the extensive range of the Dartmoor heights ; the lovely vale of Meavy, Roborough Down, and the waters of the Hamoaze forming the middle distance ; and we actually looked over Mount Edgcumbe and the Cornish hills, and could see the ocean beyond like a sheet of silver, in one broad ...”

Also on Our DartmoorStatue of Sir Francis Drake — The 1883 Boehm bronze statue of Sir Francis Drake on Plymouth Road, Tavistock, a Grade II listed monument funded by the 9th Duke of Bedford.