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==Landmarks== {{See also|List of Dartmoor tors and hills}} * [[Avon Dam Reservoir]] β reservoir popular for walks and trout fishing * [[Bowerman's Nose]] β a tor said to be shaped like a nose * [[Brent Tor|Brentor Church]] β remote church {{convert|344|m|ft|abbr=on}} high on crag at western edge of moor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/Datasheet/GBR0001538/41104/Panorama |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130506010749/http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/Datasheet/GBR0001538/41104/Panorama |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 May 2013 |title=ViaMichelin Travel. Panorama β Great Britain: The Michelin Green Guide |publisher=Viamichelin.com |date=3 April 2008 |access-date=18 April 2010 }}</ref> * [[Buckfast Abbey]] β abbey near [[Buckfastleigh]] * [[Dartmoor reservoirs|Burrator Reservoir]] β late Victorian reservoir * [[Canonteign Falls]] β second highest waterfall in England * [[Castle Drogo]] β Edwardian faux castle built by [[Edwin Lutyens]] on a crag above Teign Gorge, [[Drewsteignton]] * [[Childes Tomb|Childe's Tomb]] β ancient burial site * [[Cosdon Hill]] β prominent hill, northern extremity of moor, site of beacon fire for invasion warning * [[Cranmere Pool]] β original letterbox site and location of the legend of Cranmere Binjie * [[Crazywell Pool]] β artificial lake * [[Dartmeet]] β meeting point of East and West Dart rivers * [[HM Prison Dartmoor|Dartmoor Prison]] β a prison in the middle of Dartmoor at the village of [[Princetown]] * [[Devonport Leat]] β human-made water channel * [[Duck's Pool, Dartmoor|Duck's Pool]] β location of a memorial to local writer [[William Crossing]] * [[Dartmoor reservoirs|Fernworthy Dam & Reservoir]] β granite-faced concrete dam and lake in Fernworthy Forest, near [[Chagford]] * [[Fingle Bridge]] β a 17th-century crossing of the River [[Teign]] near Chagford * [[Great Links Tor]] β dominant tor on north west scarp of moor * [[Grey Wethers]] β pair of ancient stone circles * [[Grimspound]] β Bronze Age settlement * [[Haytor Granite Tramway]] β early tramway with stone rails; ran from quarries at Haytor to Stover Canal * [[Haytor|Haytor Rock]] β prominent tor and viewpoint between Bovey Tracey and Widecombe * [[Haytor|Hay Tor]] β less prominent outcrop behind Haytor Rock when viewed from the south. Popular spot for rock climbing due to its large cliff face and relative ease of access. * [[High Willhays]] β highest point on Dartmoor * [[Hound Tor]] β rugged tor with remains of Iron Age village * [[Jay's Grave]] β burial site * [[Lydford Gorge]] β deep and narrow gorge with waterfalls * [[Meldon Viaduct]] and reservoir β {{convert|201|m|ft|abbr=on}} wide and {{convert|45|m|ft|abbr=on}} high concrete dam and Victorian iron bridge which itself is {{convert|165|m|ft|abbr=on}} wide and {{convert|46|m|ft|abbr=on}} high<ref>{{cite web |title=Information Sheet 3A: Introduction to the Industrial Archaeology of the Meldon area |url=http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/sheet_3a-b.pdf |publisher=Dartmoor National Park Authority |access-date=19 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204034801/http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/sheet_3a-b.pdf |archive-date=2007-12-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[North Hessary Tor transmitting station]] β a TV mast near Princetown which can be seen for many miles. * [[Rippon Tor Rifle Range]] β disused rifle range * [[Redlake Tramway]] β disused railway * [[Spitchwick]] β a swimming spot where the [[River Webburn]] joins the [[River Dart]] * [[Tavistock Canal]] β 19th-century canal * [[Two Bridges, Devon|Two Bridges]] β 18th-century [[coaching inn]] * [[Warren House Inn]] β highest inn in south west England, rumoured to have a fire which has not gone out in hundreds of years. * [[Widecombe in the Moor|Widecombe in the moor]], village in a valley in southern Dartmoor with a church rumoured to have been struck by [[lightning]] in medieval times. * [[Wistman's Wood]] β copse of stunted oaks in the valley of the West Dart near Two Bridges * [[Yes Tor]] β tor next to [[High Willhays]], forming the second highest hill in Dartmoor.
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