Buckland in the Moor
The East Webburn is a 5-mile (8 km) stream in the Dartmoor moors in Devon in south-west England. It rises on the western side of the moors, flowing off the west side of Hameldown ridge. Its source is around 1/2 mile (0.80 km) southwest of
Dartmoor Forest
Cranmere Pool is a small depression within a peat bog in the northern half of Dartmoor, Devon, England, at grid reference SX604858. It lies 560 metres (1,840 ft) above sea level on the western flank of Hangingstone Hill, close to the
“'I bant coming acrass the moor awl be myzel tü-night. I be aveāred ov the Jackie-twoads. I zeed scores aw'm when I went acrass Dartymoor last autumn.'”
Which book is this from?
Meavy
Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir situated on the southern side of Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is part of a number of reservoirs and dams that were built over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries in the area now covered by Dartmoor
Dartmoor Forest
A reservoir on the South Teign River, ringed by conifer forest near Chagford. Built between 1936 and 1942, its granite-faced dam floods a valley rich in Bronze Age remains that reappear in times of drought.
Holne
A small reservoir on the southern moor above Holne, built in 1907 to supply Paignton. It dams Venford Brook on Holne Moor, with an easy path around the water and Venford Falls tumbling below the dam.
Rattery
A remote reservoir high on the southern moor, on the River Avon above Shipley Bridge. Built between 1954 and 1957, it is reached only on foot, by a good track up the Avon valley from near South Brent.
Dartmoor Nature Alliance is campaigning to make Dartmoor a place where nature is in the ascendancy, and from which wildlife spills over into the surrounding countryside, where the needs of the natural environment come first.
Belstone
A ford across the East Okement River on the north-east moor, passable by stone-hopping in low water but requiring a wade or diversion in spate.
Okehampton
Wooded river valley on the East Okement south-east of Okehampton, dominated by the stone Fatherford Viaduct carrying the Dartmoor Line.
Plate from An Exploration of Dartmoor and Its Antiquities, page 94, 1889“Beg parding, Ted; I bain't minded to change places wi' you just yet.”
Also on Our DartmoorThree hut circles E of Bush Down — Bronze Age scheduled monument on Dartmoor. Historic England list entry 1003058.
