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Divine Dartmoor Walks: Cuckoo Rock, where the piskies like to play

Yellowmeade stone circles

Find out where the piskies like to play, as well as a stunning stone circle. Most of this four-and-a-half-mile walk is on open moorland and sometimes the ‘track’ disappears and then re-appears again, but the landmarks are very prominent.

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Divine Dartmoor Walks: The Ten Commandments written in stone on Dartmoor

Buckland Beacon

About as level as walk as it gets on Dartmoor – an easy two miles to Buckland Beacon and back, taking in a beautiful view and the intriguing ten commandment stones.

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Divine Dartmoor Walks: A modern masterpiece and a tragic legend - Jay's Grave and the Giant's Chair

Jay's Grave

There might be giants on Dartmoor, and this 20ft sculpture called Giant’s Chair could just prove it. This six mile Dartmoor walk takes in the modern masterpiece as well as a tragic legend, an ancient cross and the Bronze age settlement of Grimspound.

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Divine Dartmoor Walks: walking the standing stones on Dartmoor with the Fernworthy circular route

Grey Wethers

From forest to open moorland, this seven-mile walk of medium difficulty takes in a wealth of history including stone rows and stone circles.

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Divine Dartmoor Walks: from the smallest cross on Dartmoor to one of the biggest

Path to Nun's Cross Farm

From the smallest cross on the Dartmoor to one of the largest, this six mile medium difficulty walk is mainly on man-made paths and also takes in tors and disused tin mines.

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Divine Dartmoor Walks: see the legendary Crazywell Pool

Divine Dartmoor Walks

A South West Dartmoor five-and-a-half mile walk of medium difficulty, crossing the ancient Monk’s Path and taking in ‘bottomless’ Crazywell Pool and Devonport Leat, which once supplied water to Devonport Dockyard

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Divine Dartmoor Walks: find the home of the piskie king on West Dartmoor

Divine Dartmoor Walks

An easy three-and-a-half mile walk on West Dartmoor called the Pork Hill Circular, taking in Pew Tor, home to the piskie king and passing the 16th century Windy Post Cross, a marker for an old track used by monks to cross the moor between Abbeys.

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