Our Dartmoor Directory
“Even the half-wild cattle which range the other parts of the moor at pleasure, seem to shun the swampy steppes of the central wilderness.”
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Lime Kilns
East Ogwell, Newton Abbot
Weathered stone kilns where limestone was burned to create quicklime, leaving industrial traces across the open moor.
Buddles
Challacombe, Chagford
Atmospheric remains of a tin mine on open moorland, where industrial heritage merges with wild Dartmoor landscape.
Pumping Mount (Ruins)
Challacombe, Chagford
Crumbling stone ruins of a Victorian pumping station deep on the open moor, a relic of Dartmoor's industrial past.
Shuttamoor Mine
Scattered stone foundations and collapsed workings mark this tin mine deep on Dartmoor's open moorland.
US Army War Memorial
Ivybridge
A solemn monument honouring American servicemen who trained on Dartmoor's high moorland during World War II.
Hembury Castle
Mill Leat, Buckfastleigh
A Norman motte-and-bailey castle crowning a steep hilltop on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, with commanding views across Devon.