Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, South West England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951...
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HM Prison Dartmoor is a currently inactive Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. Its high granite...
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The Dartmoor Pony is a breed of pony that lives in Devon, England. The breed has been in England for centuries and is used in a variety of roles. Because...
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Dartmoor Zoological Society (originally Dartmoor Wildlife Park then Dartmoor Zoological Park) is a 33-acre (13 ha) zoo just north of the village of Sparkwell...
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Dartmoor /ˈdɑːtmɔː/ is a rural township on the Princes Highway and the Glenelg River between Heywood and the South Australian border, in southwestern Victoria...
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Greyface Dartmoor is a rare breed of domestic sheep originating around Dartmoor in south west England. Also known as the "Improved Dartmoor", this is...
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The Dartmoor longhouse is a type of traditional stone-built home, typically found on the high ground of Dartmoor, in Devon, England and belonging to a...
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Dartmoor may refer to: Dartmoor, Victoria, a rural township in southern Australia Dartmoor, an area of moorland in England Dartmoor (HM Prison), a men's...
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50°43′55″N 3°59′46″W / 50.732°N 3.996°W / 50.732; -3.996 The Dartmoor line is a 15+1⁄2-mile (24.9 km) railway line in Devon, England. From Crediton...
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Danger on Dartmoor is a 1980 British children's drama film directed by David Eady and starring Marcus Evans, Simon Henderson, Debby Salter, Barry Foster...
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Dartmoor Preservation Association (DPA) is one of the oldest environmental or amenity bodies in the UK. It was founded in 1883.: p.3 It concerns itself...
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Alexander Darwall (section Dartmoor legal dispute)
and for his continuing court case attempting to limit public access to Dartmoor. Darwall received a degree in History from the University of Cambridge...
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The Dartmoor crosses are a series of stone crosses found in Dartmoor National Park in the centre of Devon, England. Many of them are old navigational aids...
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Dartmoor kistvaens are burial tombs or cists from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, i.e. from c. 2500 BC to c. 1500 BC. Kistvaens have been found...
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commonly also used for the hills themselves – particularly the high points of Dartmoor in Devon and Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Although English topographical names...
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Dartmoor School is an independent school offering one-to-one personalized education at four campuses in the Puget Sound region (Bellevue, Issaquah, Seattle...
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The Dartmoor Way is a long-distance footpath and cycle route centred on the Dartmoor National Park in southern Devon, England. The loop route of approximately...
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areas: Plymouth and Torbay. Devon has a varied geography. It contains Dartmoor and part of Exmoor, two upland moors which are the source of most of the...
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South Zeal (redirect from South Zeal, Dartmoor, Devon UK)
South Zeal is a village on Dartmoor, in Devon, United Kingdom. It has a Church of England chapel and a Methodist chapel. The church is situated in the...
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soils. Moorland, nowadays, generally means uncultivated hill land (such as Dartmoor in South West England), but also includes low-lying wetlands (such as Sedgemoor...
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The Dartmoor Training Area (DTA) is a military training area on Dartmoor in Devon in southwest England. The area consists of approximately 13,000 hectares...
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This is a list of Dartmoor tors and hills. Dartmoor is a National Park in South West England that contains many granite outcrops of many different sizes...
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eight reservoirs and dams have been built in the area now covered by Dartmoor National Park in Devon (six before the park was designated, and two after)...
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The tin mining industry on Dartmoor, Devon, England, is thought to have originated in pre-Roman times, and continued right through to the 20th century...
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The industrial archaeology of Dartmoor covers a number of the industries which have, over the ages, taken place on Dartmoor, and the remaining evidence...
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The Forest of Dartmoor is an ancient royal forest covering part of Dartmoor, Devon, England. A royal forest was an area reserved by the king for hunting...
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about his experiences in purchasing the Dartmoor Wildlife Park in Devon, England in 2006. Renamed the Dartmoor Zoological Park, it was reopened to the...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (category Novels set on Dartmoor)
The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely in Dartmoor, Devon, in England's West Country and follows Holmes and Watson investigating...
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sentenced to life imprisonment for robbery with violence. Mitchell was sent to Dartmoor prison in 1962, and whilst there his behaviour improved. He kept budgerigars...
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William Crossing (redirect from The Dartmoor Worker)
William Crossing (1847–1928) was a writer and chronicler of Dartmoor and the lives of its inhabitants. He lived successively at South Brent, Brentor and...
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