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Dartmoor Heritage

Dartmoor's archaeology and heritage - antiquities, historic buildings and museums.

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Whiddon Park Deer Park Wall
Antiquities

Whiddon Park Deer Park Wall

A substantial stone wall that once enclosed a medieval deer park at Whiddon, now a Listed Building of high historical interest.

Whiddonpark House
Antiquities

Whiddonpark House

A Grade II* listed house set within its own park, reflecting centuries of settlement and land use on the edge of Dartmoor.

Whimington Farmhouse
Antiquities

Whimington Farmhouse

A Grade II* listed farmhouse on the edge of Dartmoor, likely built in the medieval or early modern period.

Antiquities

White Barrow round cairn

A Bronze Age round cairn on Dartmoor, likely built as a burial monument in the second millennium BC.

Heritage & Places

White Moor Stone

Throwleigh, Chagford

A solitary standing stone on Dartmoor's open moorland, weathered by centuries and commanding views across the granite landscape.

Antiquities

White Tor camp

Iron Age hilltop settlement on the open moor, where ancient stone foundations still trace the lives of Dartmoor's earliest inhabitants.

Whiteworks
Heritage & Places

Whiteworks

Haunting tin mine ruins nestled in Dartmoor's high moorland, where industrial heritage meets wild landscape.

Antiquities

Whiteworks Tin Mine

Whiteworks Tin Mine: haunting stone structures and deep shafts where tin miners once laboured on the high moor.

Heritage & Places

Widecombe Fair Show Field

Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Ashburton

The historic showfield where Widecombe Fair has celebrated moorland life and culture since the 19th century.