Ruins of a Victorian peat works above the Rattlebrook, served by a railway built in 1879 that hauled peat nearly 5 miles down to Bridestowe station.
Merrivale, Tavistock
Ruined farmstead nestled on open moorland, revealing centuries of upland settlement and survival on Dartmoor.
Sourton, Okehampton
A stone on Corn Ridge, set up in May 2022 and flown in by Royal Navy helicopters, remembering the ten crew of a US Navy Liberator lost on 28 December 1943.
Nattor, Plympton
Bronze Age settlement remains scattered across open moorland, where ancient stone circles and hut platforms reveal how people lived on Dartmoor thousands of years ago.
A granite slab beside the Dartmeet to Poundsgate road where coffins were rested on the way to the churchyard, cut with initials and crosses, and the stories that grew round it.
“The narrow vale of the Teign seen from this spot, thus enveloped in shade, seems to sink deeper down into gloom and pleasing mystery.”
Which book is this from?
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Ashburton
A modest stone well hidden in the moorland, marking centuries of water-seeking on Dartmoor's high ground.
Chagford
A modest stone memorial marking a crossing point on the open moorland, quietly preserving a local story.
Holne, Buckfastleigh
A solemn memorial to Holne's fallen, standing witness on the edge of open moorland.
A weathered stone cross marking centuries of pilgrimage and devotion on the open moor.
