DARTMOOR

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DARTMOOR

• 368 square miles (953 sq. km.) in area
• Population approximately 33,000 people

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• Largest Highest Upland in Southern Britain
• Blanket Bog on Highest parts of Moor
• Large Northern Plateau, smaller/lower Southern
  Plateau
• Important for Upland Oakwoods Cave Systems

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• Over 160 Tors
• Height Range 1,050 ft to 2,039 ft

SOURTON TOR
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BELLEVER WOODS EAST DART RIVER
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• Sphagnum Mosses
• Plant absorbs holds great amounts of water
• Grows in clumps with no roots
• 12 known species on Dartmoor
• Different levels of acidity moisture

BELLEVER WOODS
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BLANKET BOGS Mantle of peat which covers
central parts of higher north moor
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Living Skin Mass of dead sphagnum fragments
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RAINBOW NEAR STEPS BRIDGE
Climate Cool wet with south-westerly winds
Rainfall 60-80 Inches per year
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BURRATOR RESERVOIR
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PONIES ON DARTMOOR
47 of the Moorland is used for rough grazing
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Over 2,500 buildings are listed on the County
Sites Monuments Register because of historic or
architectural interest
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
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LYDFORD CASTLE
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NUNS CROSS
Over 100,000 people visit Dartmoor annually
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Dartmoor contains over 1,000 Scheduled Ancient
Monuments
HUT CIRCLE AT GRIMSPOUND
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HOLNE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER DART
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STONE WALL AT DUNNABRIDGE POUND
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DARTMOOR the setting of many a British yarn and
Sir Arthur Conan Doyles The Hound of the
Baskervilles.