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South Chimney

Powder Mills

A solitary stone chimney rising from Dartmoor's moorland, all that remains of a tin mining operation from centuries past.

Erme Pits

Ivybridge

Scattered stone ruins of 19th-century tin and china clay workings on open moorland, revealing Dartmoor's industrial past.

Ice works (disused)

Sourton, Okehampton

Remnants of a Victorian ice-making operation hidden in Dartmoor's moorland, a curious industrial relic from an era of mechanical ingenuity.

Fingle Mill (est 1790)

Cranbrook, Moretonhampstead

Eighteenth-century mill ruins nestled in the wooded valleys of eastern Dartmoor, a testament to the moor's industrial past.

Railway bridge supports

Colebrook Village, Plympton

Sturdy stone supports of a Victorian railway viaduct, silent witnesses to Dartmoor's industrial past among the moorland.

Pumping Mount (Ruins)

Challacombe, Chagford

Crumbling stone ruins of a Victorian pumping station deep on the open moor, a relic of Dartmoor's industrial past.

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