Folklore, Myth & Legend

Lady Howard's Coach

A ghostly coach drawn by headless horses, said to travel the road between Tavistock and Okehampton on winter nights.

The Legend of Bowerman's Nose

A granite outcrop near Manaton said to be a hunter turned to stone for hunting on the Sabbath.

Hound Tor: the Petrified Hunter

A granite tor near Manaton said to be a hunter and hounds, petrified as punishment for hunting on the Sabbath.

The Piskies of Sheepstor

A pixie legend attached to Sheepstor, on the high moor between Princetown and Dartmeet.

The Legend of Kitty Jay

The grave of Kitty Jay, a suicide victim denied consecrated burial, near Hound Tor on Dartmoor.

Childe the Hunter

A granite cross marking the burial of a young nobleman who died on Fox Tor Mires, with competing versions of how he got there.

Rebecca Beattie

Bere Alston

Dartmoor-raised author, Wiccan priestess and witchcraft teacher whose books explore nature, magic and the wheel of the year.

A Dartmoor Village

Eden Phillpotts · 1937 · Poetry

Helen JR Bruce

Folklorist, author and storyteller specialising in Dartmoor folklore, the Wild Hunt and Black Dog legends, available for talks, signings and guided walks.