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Nattor
Medieval and later tin workings scarring the moorland, revealing centuries of mining that shaped Dartmoor's landscape and economy.
A solitary granite monolith standing on open moorland.
Postbridge, Chagford
Stone foundations of a moorland sheepfold, where Dartmoor's shepherds once gathered their flocks among the granite and heather.
Buckland in the Moor, Ashburton
A weathered granite stone carved with biblical text, standing solitary on the open moor as a testament to Dartmoor's spiritual history.
Tavistock
The 1883 Boehm bronze statue of Sir Francis Drake on Plymouth Road, Tavistock, a Grade II listed monument funded by the 9th Duke of Bedford.
Bronze Age stone circle on open moorland, its weathered granite sentinels still marking an ancient gathering place after four millennia.
Challacombe, Chagford
Stone foundations of an Iron Age or Bronze Age dwelling, weathered into the Dartmoor granite landscape.
Sheepstor, Tavistock
Weathered stone ruins of a moorland farm, slowly being reclaimed by Dartmoor's granite and heather.
Yadsworthy, Ivybridge
A Bronze Age stone row stretching across open moorland, its weathered granite markers still aligned after thousands of years.
