Dartmoor: A Place to Explore
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Rising majestically from the heart of the South-West peninsula, Dartmoor has been described as the highest, wildest land in England south of the Pennines. This area contains the richest concentration of archaelogical remains in the British Isles stretching over 365 square miles of remarkably contrasting countryside which was designated a National Park in 1951. The many relics of its history and the mysteries that they evoke still stand as if to challenge those who wish to search for them scattered and hidden away in this seemingly desolate moorland. This is not a place to wander far afield without being suitably clothed, booted and equipped with map, compass, whistle and light rations. The unique feature of this part of Britain is the mountain blanket bog; this produces the notorious quaking mires such
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