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- What is Dartmoor known for?
- Why is Dartmoor so popular?
- What makes Dartmoor unique?
- Why does Dartmoor have no trees?
- Was Dartmoor a volcano?
- Who does Dartmoor belong to?
- What type of rock is Dartmoor?
- Why is Dartmoor protected?
- Does Dartmoor have mountains?
- Why does Dartmoor have tors?
- Where is Brent Tor?
What is Dartmoor known for?
Dartmoor is famous for its wide open spaces, the tors, Dartmoor Prison, Bronze Age archaeology, ponies, Sherlock Holmes, myths and legends and for having the worlds largest land slug!
Why is Dartmoor so popular?
It boasts stark and beautiful moors, huge stone tors, ancient clapper bridges and the famous Dartmoor ponies. Its moorland landscape is characterised by rough grazing land, wooded valleys and distinctive granite tors. ... Today Dartmoor is a hugely popular wilderness area as well as being home to about 33,000 people.
What makes Dartmoor unique?
Dartmoor National Park is recognised as one of the UK's finest landscapes. ... Granite is a strong unifying feature across Dartmoor, found forming the distinctive tors of the high moorland and as a key element in many of the features of the enclosed landscape including stonewalls, hedgebanks and buildings.
Why does Dartmoor have no trees?
For much of its history, Dartmoor has been pretty much uninhabited. After the chaos of earthquakes and volcanoes, Dartmoor became almost entirely covered by trees following the last Ice Age 12,000 years ago. ... They would make clearings in the trees to attract the animals to graze.
Was Dartmoor a volcano?
Dartmoor is the remains of a huge volcano that erupted several hundred million years ago. When the eruption was over, the magma chamber deep underground began to cool, and the lava in it turned to granite.
Who does Dartmoor belong to?
Ownership and access. Over half of Dartmoor National Park (57.3%) is private land; the Forest of Dartmoor being the major part of this, owned by the Duke of Cornwall.
What type of rock is Dartmoor?
Most of Dartmoor consists of a single type of rock - granite. This granite was intruded during the late Carboniferous/ early Permian Period (around 280 million years ago) into the area we now know as Devon and Cornwall.
Why is Dartmoor protected?
Part of a national park authority's statutory (ie legal) purpose is to conserve and enhance wildlife. ... First, 24.3 per cent (23,161ha) of Dartmoor is a designated special area of conservation (SAC). This is enabled under the EC habitats directive to give statutory protection for sites of European importance.
Does Dartmoor have mountains?
Dartmoor offers some of the best hill and mountain climbing opportunities in Southern England. ... Dartmoor's two highest peaks, High Willhays and Yes Tor (619 m), are the only summits in England below the Peak District that exceed 2,000 feet (616 m).
Why does Dartmoor have tors?
Dartmoor's tors are rocky granite outcrops created by erosion. Some 65% of Dartmoor is made of granite – rock which was created around 295 million years ago. ... Tors are where the granite rock that is underneath Dartmoor shows through.
Where is Brent Tor?
Brent Tor is a tor on the western edge of Dartmoor, approximately four miles (6.5 km) north of Tavistock, rising to 1100 ft (330m) above sea level. The Tor is surmounted by the Church of St Michael, the parish church of the village of Brentor, which lies below the Tor.
