All AroundLandmarks
Castle Drogo
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/castledrogo/
Castle Drogo is now a country house near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. It was built in the 1910s and 1920s for Julius Drewe (businessman and founder of the Home and Colonial Stores) to designs by architect Edwin Lutyens, and is a Grade I listed building. ...
Crazywell Pool
Crazywell Pool or Crazy Well Pool is a large pond situated about 3 km (2 miles) south of Princetown just off the path between Burrator and Whiteworks on the western side of Dartmoor, Devon, England at grid reference SX582705. It is about 100 metres (110 y ...
Grimspound (Hut circles)
Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement, situated on Dartmoor in Devon, England. It consists of a set of 24 hut circles surrounded by a low stone wall. The name was first recorded by the Reverend Richard Polwhele in 1797 - it was probably derived from ...
Haytor
Haytor or Hay Tor is a granite tor on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It is at grid reference SX757770. It is near the village of Haytor Vale in the parish of Ilsington. Until the late 18th century Haytor was known as Itterdown, and was part of t ...
High Willhays (Highest point on Dartmoor)
High Willhays is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at 621 metres (2,037 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in Great Britain south of the Brecon Beacons. High Willhays and the neighbouring Yes Tor are the only summits in England south of Kinder ...
Lydford Castle
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/lydford-castl
Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th-century tower on a mound, built as a prison. It later became notorious for harsh punishments - 'the most annoyous, contagious and detestable pl ...
Okehampton Castle
The remains of the largest castle in Devon, in an outstandingly picturesque setting on a wooded spur above the rushing River Okement. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest as a motte and bailey castle with a stone keep, it was converted into a sumptuous re ...
