This site contains a substantial ruins of a medieval settlement which was inhabited from Saxon time to the early 14th century when rumor has it that it was deserted when it was inflicted with the plague. It sets south off Manaton.
Medieval Houndtor: A Contested Landscape
Bronze Age Settlements, Myths, Tales of Prison Life, Tasty Food, Hound of the Baskervilles, Stunning Views, and Lots More! This is a wonderfully varied tour that encompasses so much of what Dartmoor is about, including myths and legends, bronze age settlements, beautiful views, country inns, desolate moorland and cream teas! Carefully selected photo stops and short walks to hidden views not seen from the road leave memorable impressions of some of the most stunning scenery in the United Kingdom!
ideal for guests who are keen to walk independently, like to stay in good quality accommodation, and prefer to have the organisation and research of their walking holiday taken care of, but do not want the chore of repacking and moving on each day.
Explore The Beauty Of The Moors
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There are lots of ways to explore and enjoy Devon and Dartmoor, whether on foot, by bike or on the back of a horse; but by far the most popular is by walking. We have found that circular walks are the most well-loved, so here we have a large number for you to choose from!
These may range from less than a couple of miles, to 12 miles+ so please check your distance before embarking on a route. Some of these routes will be challenging and some easy, some moderate and others guided walks.
About the Breed
These are small, tough ponies that are said to have lived wild on the moors since the 10th c., On the moor you find sheep and cattle grazing and the ponies roaming. They belong to “commoners” who own enclosed land on Dartmoor, These areas include
“right to pasture stock”
on these lands goes generations back to medieval farmers who held these rights. Although today’s pones are wild , they are owned by the land owners and are roundd up in the autumn so that the year’s foals can be marked or branded by their owners.
Ponies
Ultimate Guide to seeing the Dartmoor Ponies
Springtime in South-West England might be full of super-cute bouncing baby lambs, but Summertime is filled with prancing baby foals which are no less adorable. The only catch is that while you can usually see the lambs from any main roads in the countryside, you have to search a little harder to find the foals. And the best way to do it is to head to the Dartmoor National park in search of the famous Dartmoor ponies.
I have gathered all the information you will need on what’s so special about the ponies of Dartmoor, where to see the Dartmoor Ponies, whether you can pet or feed the ponies, and what to watch out for while driving in Dartmoor National Park, plus there’s loads of adorable pics of the ponies and foals!!
Please do not feed the ponies
- It encourages them to stay near the road where they might be killed or seriously injured.
- The food we enjoy is not a natural or healthy diet for ponies and can make them very ill.
- Ponies will learn to expect food from people and might frighten or hurt them in an attempt to get more food.
- It is illegal to feed the ponies (See Byelaws: In respect of Dartmoor National Park 10(1)).
- The ponies are untamed – they can be unpredictable and may kick and bite if approached.
the above info is from the National Park on keeping the ponies and yourself safe
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Ponies
Visit the Minature Pony Centre
As well as lots of super cute ponies and donkeys, the Centre also offers a truly hands-on and unique experience to interact with our animals as well as taking part in our free daily activities. We offer free car parking, indoor and outdoor play areas, and toilets.
An onsite café sells delicious lunches, Devon cream tea’s, snacks, hot and cold drinks and of course, ice cream! There is plenty of outdoor and indoor seating available for picnics too.
If you are like me you’ve never heard of Letterboxes at least in regard to Dartmoor—these letterboxes are hidden in all sorts of places out on these wide, windswept landscapes. Each of these boxes has a visitor’s book, a rubber stamp and an inkpad. The idea is to find as many as you can, leaving each box intact. Many pople have found these boxes to add to their enjoyment of their walks and or rides across the moors.
101 Dartmoor Letterboxes
by John Hayward
Getting
Started in
Letterboxing
Ian Barber introduces
this popular Dartmoor
activity that is enjoyed
by people of all age
ranges.
Gather the best bits of treasure
hunting, navigation and art.
Combine them with a bit of exercise
and place conveniently in the largest
wild area in southern England. Ladies and
Gentlemen: Dartmoor letterboxing.
Continue by clicking GET above
The leisure pursuit of letterboxing is very similar to orienteering in fact, except that the whole family can join in with you irrespective of their age group – and it’s SLOWER!
You have to find objects (“letterboxes”) which are hidden away within the boundaries of the Dartmoor National Park. clip abov to continue reading
This is an impressive Bronze Age site that is over 4,000 years old. The walls around the village said to have originally been 6 foot tall and 9 foot wide protected the villagers and their livestock thru the nights from the creatures that roamed the moors.
There are plenty of fascinating things to see in Dartmoor, stunning tors and ancient settlements. One of the coolest is the prehistoric village Grimspound. It’s free to visit and can be combined with breathtaking walks all over Dartmoor.
find out more at this site: https://www.travelonthebrain.net/visiting-grimspound-dartmoor/
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Bed and Breakfasts near Grimspound, Devon
Fly Fishing Devon: Instruction & Guiding on Dartmoor Rivers
The extensive Duchy of Cornwall fishing on Dartmoor offers the novice and experienced angler the opportunity to catch wild brown trout within the Dartmoor National Park “In the West Country you can catch trout from after breakfast till sunset, and enjoy the open air and the country for as long as the sun is in the sky” (Dermot Wilson, ‘Fishing the Dry Fly’, 1957)
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Dartmoor Walks | A Walk Around Lydford Gorge Includes Devil’s Cauldron
The Legend of Brentor Church
The giants were all dead and the witches had fled to Wales driven by the friends of Bowerman, but one evil genius still remained. The Devil roamed the Moor looking for victims and terrifying the countryside. Churches and wayside crosses were places of safety but the inhabitants of Dartmoor knew that the Devil only needed a slight mistake and he would pounce and carry off his victim. Click above title to keep reading.
Walk: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Follow a bubbling Dartmoor stream along a green ravine to thrilling waterfalls and whirlpools Just click on walk.
Read our guide for Rock Climbing Click above) In Dartmoor and Find and Book experiences, courses, activities and tours! Browse through the list of experiences, either instantly book onto your dates or enquire to book. All you have to do is turn up and enjoy! If you’ve got any questions about any specific experience, send a message and the providers will aim to get back to you as soon as possible. Have a specific experience in mind that we don’t have listed? No problem, drop us a message and we’ll send your quote around to hundreds of the best experience providers nationwide and come back with you the best quote, making it easy for you to make the most of your spare time!
Merrivale Walk, Dartmoor – Ruins in the Landscape with Stone Rows, Neolithic Huts and Old Stone Quarries
we headed off to Merrivale near Princetown in the middle of the moor; to follow a walk around King’s Tor that takes in Neolithic monuments and the remains of the pre-iron age stone circle villages built by the first people who lived here, together with the remains of Dartmoor’s Industrial heritage centred around stone quarrying, providing the materials that created London’s most famous landmarks, in a landscape that would have been familiar to French and American prisoners of war of the Napoleonic War and War of 1812, detained in Dartmoor prison near Princetown, whose foreboding walls and buildings still dominate the town today.
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Dartmoor
Access for All: A guide for less mobile
and disabled visitors to the Dartmoor area
Mysterious Dartmoor
A Weekend in Dartmoor
S K Tremayne
I’m lost. I’m standing on a sunlit slope of ochre grass, surrounded by endless, identical, gently rolling hills, and I haven’t a clue which way to go. To make it worse, I thought I knew the route: I’m headed for a pair of stone circles, Grey Wethers, in the remote north-east of Dartmoor, and I’ve been here several times before: I know I have to park my car in tiny Frenchbeer, march through the pines of Fernworthy Forest, then trek west across the sedge….
click above on mysterious Dartmoor to finish this account of the author’s hike about Dartmoor
and by the way below is a thriller he wrote about Dartmoor
