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Plymouth
Plymouth fertiliser manufacturer and antiquarian (1848-1920), first secretary of the Dartmoor Preservation Association and a leading member of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, credited with overseeing the 1909 restoration of the Grey Wethers circles.
Victorian topographer and antiquary (1847-1928), the single most prolific chronicler of Dartmoor, author of the classic Guide to Dartmoor and a dozen other books on the moor.
Buckfastleigh
A modest stone memorial to William Crossing, the Victorian antiquary who mapped and documented Dartmoor with meticulous devotion.
