Folklore, Myth & Legend
The Coffin Stone
A stone at Dartmeet said to mark a coffin's resting place, or to warn of death.
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Folklore, Myth & Legend
The Legend of Bowerman's Nose
A granite outcrop near Manaton said to be a hunter turned to stone for hunting on the Sabbath.
Folklore, Myth & Legend
Hound Tor: the Petrified Hunter
A granite tor near Manaton said to be a hunter and hounds, petrified as punishment for hunting on the Sabbath.
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The Piskies of Sheepstor
A pixie legend attached to Sheepstor, on the high moor between Princetown and Dartmeet.
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The Legend of Kitty Jay
The grave of Kitty Jay, a suicide victim denied consecrated burial, near Hound Tor on Dartmoor.
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Childe the Hunter
A granite cross marking the burial of a young nobleman who died on Fox Tor Mires, with competing versions of how he got there.
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Photographs of the Forest and Commons - an absolutely brilliant resource filled with beautiful photographs of Dartmoor by Mike R Russell
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The Old Police Station
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Traditional Fish & Chips and Cafe in Princetown
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Scorhill stone circle. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“Away to the northward is seen the boggy land in the neighbourhood of Erme Head, with the distant tors peeping over the dark brown ridges.”
Also on Our DartmoorSimon Dell — Former Tavistock police officer, MBE, and founder of Moorland Guides and the Dartmoor Walking Festival, who has written more than 20 books on Dartmoor's history and heritage.
