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Direction Post
Milestones & Boundary Markers

Direction Post

Trumpeter, Bovey Tracey

A stone direction post marking the junction of the lane from Ilsington Methodist Church and the route to Lewthorn Crossroads.

Direction Post
Milestones & Boundary Markers

Direction Post

Higher Sigford, Bovey Tracey

A stone direction post at a remote five-way junction on Dartmoor, marking routes across the high moor.

Milestone, SX 505 783
Milestones & Boundary Markers

Milestone, SX 505 783

Peter Tavy, Tavistock

A milestone marking distances on the roads crossing Dartmoor's high moorland.

Dartmoor quiz

What is the earliest known source for the legend of Old Crockern?

Sabine Baring-Gould's Book of the West (1899). The earliest known source for Old Crockern is Sabine Baring-Gould's Book of the West (1899), which introduces him with no further explanation, as though the name needed none.

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Milestone, SX 544 750
Milestones & Boundary Markers

Milestone, SX 544 750

Merrivale, Tavistock

Listed building on Dartmoor. Historic England list entry 1105716.

Milestone, SX 490 778
Milestones & Boundary Markers

Milestone, SX 490 778

Mary Tavy, Tavistock

A stone milestone marking distances on the old routes crossing Dartmoor, likely from the 18th or 19th century.

Frozen WallabrookFrozen Wallabrook. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“Being in nature relaxes my body and mind. Daily stresses melt away and my senses come alive as I feel the warmth of the sun on my face and wind in my hair, the springy moss grasses under my feet, and hear the song of the skylark high above me.”

Also on Our DartmoorRound cairn south of Sourton Tors — A round cairn 9.3 m across and 0.7 m high on a west-facing slope above Bridestowe, with hollows from early digging or robbing.