July 2, 2024

Dartmoor Palette

This is another collection of Dartmoor locations, on this occasion based on various palette colours. There are plenty to choose from but here are the authors favourites, which includes ‘tongue in cheek’ homophones

0. Map — There are 43 ‘Dartmoor Colours’ covered in this post. The sketch map shows each of their (very) approx position with respect to the National Park Boundary

Longash Tor — LongASH Tor

Berry Pound — BERRY Pound

Black Hill — BLACK Hill – North Moor

Blue Jug — BLUE Jug – Hameldown

Bonehill Rocks — BONEhill Rocks

Brown's House — BROWN‘s House

Buckland Beacon — BUCKland Beacon – Ten Commandments

Buttern Hill — BUTTERn Hill – Ring Rock

Cherry Brook Bridge (Lower) from 1887 with Robert Burnard — CHERRY Brook Bridge (Lower) – circa 1887 with Robert Burnard superimposed onto 2021 background

Claret Tor — CLARET Tor (aka Creber’s Rock)

Clay Tor — CLAY Tor (Eric Hemery)

Great Copper Hill Mine — Great COPPER Hill Mine

Corn Ridge - Branscombe's Loaf — CORN Ridge – Branscombe’s Loaf

Cramber Tor — CrAMBER Tor

Dunnabridge Pound — DUNnabridge Pound – Judge’s Chair

Fernworthy — FERNworthy Reservoir

Figgie Daniel — FIGgie Daniel

Gingaford Farm and Gingaford Cross — GINGAford Farm and Gingaford Cross (19th Century and 20th Century)

Golden Dagger Miners Dry — GOLDen Dagger Miners Dry

Green Tor — GREEN Tor

Grey Wethers — GREY Wethers

Hazel Tor - Auswell Rocks - west outcop - lion rock — HAZEL Tor – Auswell Rocks west outcrop (aka Lion rock)

Heathercombe — HEATHERcombe

Honeybag Tor — HONEYbag Tor

Ivy Tor — IVY Tor (with the author)

River Lemon - Goodstone Woods — River LEMON – Goodstone Woods

Lime Street — LIME Street, Moretonhampstead – George Parker Bidder bust and plaque

Ochre Works - Smeardon Down — OCHRE Works – Smeardon Down

Oliver Sayer Gate — OLIVEr Sayer’s Gate

Peartree Cross — PEARtree Cross

Pinkhams Annie men — Annie PINKham’s Men – near Wheal Betsy

Plum Pudding Hill — PLUM Pudding Hill (aka Great Nodden)

Raspberry Garden - Walla Brook Head — RASPBERRY Garden – Walla Brook Head

Red-a-Ven dip reservoir — RED-a-Ven dip reservoir

Rosalie — ROS(E)alie Stone – Broadall Head

Rouge Tor — ROUGE Tor

Salmon Weir — SALMON Weir, River Teign

Sandy Ford OPB Boundary Stone — SANDYFord – OPB Boundary Stone

Silverwood Cottages and Silverbrook Mine — SILVERwood Cottages and SILVERbrook Mine

Hunter's Stone — Hunter’s STONE

Tanners Path — TANner’s Path – between River Avon and Green Hill

Western White Barrow — Western WHITE Barrow

Yellowmead Stone Circles — YELLOWmead Stone Circles

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