St Michael and All Angels church princetown dartmoor england south devon
St Michael and All Angels church in the snow Princetown is situated on Dartmoor a little town approximately 1 400 ft above sea level and surrounded by rugged landscape and scattered granite outcrops The area is steeped in ancient history folklore eerie and exotic tales and legends the presence of the prison adding an authenticity and backdrop to these stories Dartmoor is said to be full of ghosts There are a couple in Princetown French and American prisoners from the early 19th century have been seen in the Plume Feathers Pub and in Dartmoor Prison Watch out for the Hairy Hands which grab the steering wheels of vehicles forcing them off the road on the drive from Moretonhampstead to Princetown There are many reminders however of real life lived on the moor over the years hut circles burial chambers standing stones and crosses can be seen at every turn Dartmoor dominates South Devon and provides quite a contrast to the milder southern costal resorts The upland area of Dartmoor is wide and boggy broken by dramatic and rocky windswept Tors The river Dart rolls through the moor effectively slicing it in two In the summer purple and yellow heather and gorse carpet the ground softening the harshness of the area The edges of Dartmoor have a gentler aspect with wooded valleys and streams ancient bridges winding lanes farmhouses and farmland In the early 19th century land was given by the Prince of Wales to build a prison to house captives of the Napoleonic wars and as a result a town was built around the prison and named Prince s Town now known as Princetown
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