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Wintry Tor Place: Dartmoor Category: Moorland Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: There are a great many tors on Dartmoor and these help to give the moor its characteristic features. Tors come in many different shapes and sizes but most consist of striated granite. Some of the tors are called avenue tors where two or more piles...... Photograph Added: 7th November 2007

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Autumn on Dartmoor Place: Dartmoor Category: Moorland Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: To make the most of your visit to Dartmoor there is a free newspaper published by Dartmoor National Park Authority which is packed with useful information on this amazing National Park. It is published annually and the Guide contains a What's On su...... Photograph Added: 7th November 2007

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The Waters Edge Place: Dartmoor Category: Moorland Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: The dark ominous sky gives this photograph a different perspective. For a fantastic day out there is a bus across Dartmoor and back. The Transmoor Link bus goes across Dartmoor between Plymouth and Exeter. Photograph Added: 7th November 2007

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Looking Down into the Valley at Dartmoor Place: Dartmoor Category: Moorland Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: At this time of year walking on Dartmoor is an excellent way to enjoy all the different sights. For anyone not able to tackle a demanding walk there are car parks or small places to stop by the side of the road from which brief, pleasant excursions ...... Photograph Added: 30th October 2007

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The Colours of Dartmoor Place: Dartmoor Category: Moorland Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: Autumn must be one of the best times to visit Dartmoor. The foliage is changing and there are rich dark colours all around to add depth and interest to the landscape. Photograph Added: 30th October 2007

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About Dartmoor Devon.

Devon boasts the two national Parks of Dartmoor and Exmoor both are excellent for bird watching, cycling, climbing, casual waking or more serious rambling to sightseeing.. Footpaths are marked to give a variety of walking options including the 'Two Moor way' a 100 mile route that links the National Parks. Dartmoor to the south is rich in natural and man made beauty, heather clad hills, granite tors, fast flowing rivers and ancient clapper bridges

Dartmoor itself was designated a National Park by a statute in 1951. The moors cover an area of 368 square miles (954 sq km) and about 33,400 people actual live there and of course millions of people visit the moors each year.
The whole Dartmoor is owned by someone but fortunately there is legal public access to over 47,000 hectares of open country and 450 miles (730km) of public rights of way. Almost half of the area is open moorland, with a further 11% covered by forests and woodland. Within Dartmoor there are nature reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI?s) where rare plants and endangered birds and burial chambers, stone circles and menhirs are to be found.
Sixty percent of Dartmoor is granite, an igneous rock which was intruded some 295 million years ago.Around the granite is sedimentary rocks including limestones, shales and sandstones belonging to the Carboniferous and Devonian periods.
The highest point on the moor is High Willhays at 621m or2,039ft and the lowest point is Doghole Bridge at30m or 98ft. About eighteen rivers flow on the moors there are over 160 tors the highest three being, High Willhays, Yes Tor and Great Links Tor.
The moors are a wonderful place to see ancient monuments, there are over 1,000 Scheduled Ancient Monuments and over 2,500 buildings which are Listed because of their architectural or historic interest. One statley home, Castle Drogo, which is owned by the National Trust,has approximately. 105,000 visitors every year..
Dartmoor is a timeless treasure and well worth a visit to walk, ramble, cylce, bird watch or just to admire the awesome beauty of the place.
Many of the facts and figures and information listed here have been obtained from the Dartmoor National Park Authority website at http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/index.html this website is very interesting and is a must see for anyone planning to visit the moors.