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A devil legend tied to a violent thunderstorm at Widecombe church in 1638, and how the story has shifted over three centuries.
A Wild Hunt legend tied to an Iron Age fort above the River Plym, popular in Dartmoor folklore but of uncertain age and origin.
A witch legend attached to a remote Dartmoor tor, now inaccessible to the public.
A pixie legend attached to Sheepstor, on the high moor between Princetown and Dartmeet.
A distinctive group of granite rocks near Widecombe, linked to the poet Beatrice Chase's 'Dream Tor' legend.
A hill with a legend, marked by a cairn and views towards Teignmouth and Snowdon.
Cranbrook Down is a distinctive high point with a sense of mystery, near the site of Cranbrook Castle legend.
A fine cluster of granite rocks with a trig point and a plaque dedicated to the Creber family.
Buckfastleigh
The tomb of Squire Richard Cabell (d. 1677) of Brook Hall, Buckfastleigh, sealed under an iron-barred stone structure locally known as "the Sepulchre." Local legend held that a phantom pack of hounds ran with him across the moor, and the tomb is the leading, though unconfirmed, candidate for the real legend behind Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles.
