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In what year was the first letterbox placed at Cranmere Pool?

1854. Chagford guide James Perrott placed the first letterbox here in 1854, the origin of the Dartmoor pastime of letterboxing.

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A close-up photograph from DartmoorPhotograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“In the other direction a fine sweep of moor is presented, with many a noble tor uplifting its granite head, and looking down grimly on the smiling border valleys.”

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