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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

Which Dartmoor place can you see behind Brat Tor and Widgery Cross?

Brentor Church (St Michael de Rupe). Brentor Church, St Michael de Rupe, is the parish church of Brentor and one of the iconic landmarks of West Devon, founded in 1130 on the summit of Brent Tor.

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Enclosed settlement, Higher Hartor Tor
Prehistoric Settlements

Enclosed settlement, Higher Hartor Tor

An oval enclosure 60 m by 45 m with four hut circles on the lower slope of Higher Hartor Tor, close to the Drizzlecombe stone rows.

Dewerstone Hill enclosures
Prehistoric Settlements

Dewerstone Hill enclosures

Dewerstone Hill: a 220 m by 170 m enclosure cutting off a promontory with two rubble walls, taken for a Neolithic hilltop enclosure, and a smaller Bronze Age enclosure and two hut circles inside it.

Venford coaxial fields, south-east
Cairns & Barrows

Venford coaxial fields, south-east

Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system on Holne Moor south-east of Venford Reservoir: at least nine parallel reaves, nine hut circles, a cairn, tin prospecting, openworks and three leats.

Dartmoor Illustrated, page 84Plate from Dartmoor Illustrated, page 84, 1900

“Please, mem, first there's a jacket, then a gownd, and then comes Oi.”

Also on Our DartmoorBlowing house near Yealm Steps — A blowing mill, 8.8 m by 3.1 m inside, on the west bank of the Yealm at the foot of Penn Moor, with its furnace recess and two mould stones.