A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Dartmoor, or Dartmoor Forest, an extensive upland tract from Brent to Okehampton, Devon, belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall; length, N. and S., 22 miles; breadth, 20 miles; area, about 140,000 ac.; mean elevation, 1700 ft. D. affords pasture to numerous cattle, sheep, and horses. It is for the most part of granitic formation, with veins of tin, copper, and iron, and strata of slate and sandstone. There are many rocky summits, called tors, from 1000 to 2000 ft. high. Several streams have their source in an extensive morass which occupies the centre of the moor. D. Prison, near Princetown, erected in 1809 for the custody of French prisoners of war, is now a convict depot. To the W. of the prison are the Dartmouth Quarries, connected by rail with Plymouth.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "an extensive upland tract" (ADL Feature Type: "locations") |
| Administrative units: | Devon AncC |
| Place names: | DARTMOOR | DARTMOOR FOREST | DARTMOOR OR DARTMOOR FOREST |
| Place: | Dartmoor |
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