Although the war ended with the Treaty of Ghent in December 1814, many American prisoners of war still remained in Dartmoor.

His Dartmoor cycle of 18 novels and two volumes of short stories still have many avid readers despite the fact that many titles are out of print.

The courses of many Dartmoor leats may still be followed.

However, there are many other smaller examples in existence on Dartmoor and still in use, such as those at Teignhead Farm ( close to Grey Wethers stone circles ), Scorhill and across the Wallabrook stream.

This station still operates as a halt on the Dartmoor Railway summer weekend service between Okehampton and Exeter.

It is still common in this area of the United Kingdom, but also in north west Scotland, Wales and the south west of England ( especially Dartmoor and Exmoor ) as well as more rarely in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

Childe's Tomb on Dartmoor is the legendary site of the death of Childe who, caught in a snowstorm, killed and disembowelled his horse and climbed inside for shelter, but still froze to death.

The impact of mining on the Dartmoor landscape is still clear to see.

Dartmoor has given its name to two breeds of sheep-Whiteface Dartmoor and Greyface Dartmoor-which are descended from breeds which have roamed on the moor since at least the 17th century.

Dartmoor granite has been used in many Devon and Cornish buildings.

Farming has been practised on Dartmoor since time immemorial.

Today there is a club called the " 100 Club ", membership of which is open to anyone who has found at least 100 letterboxes on Dartmoor.

Letterboxing has become a popular sport, with thousands of walkers gathering for ' box-hunts ' and while in some areas of Dartmoor it is particularly popular amongst children, some of the more difficult to find boxes and tougher terrain are better suited to more experienced adults.

* Anne Swinscow has written several popular guide books on Dartmoor Letterboxing: Dartmoor Letterboxes ISBN 0-9509114-2-9 ; More Dartmoor Letterboxes ISBN 0-9509114-1-0 ; 101 Dartmoor Letterboxes: But Not How to Find Them!

* Janet Palmer has writtern a brief guide to Dartmoor Letterboxing: Let's Go Letterboxing: A Beginner's Guide ( 2nd revised edition ) ISBN 1-898964-33-5.

Princetown has its own brewery producing the appropriately named Jail Ale and Dartmoor IPA.

Weathering has also given rise to circular " rock basins '" formed by the accumulation of water and the repeated freezing and thawing – a fine example is to be found at Kes Tor on Dartmoor.

The style of Crossing's work in Guide to Dartmoor has similarities to the much more recent work of Alfred Wainwright.

He lives in London and on Dartmoor, near Plymouth, and has three children, Paloma, Fenton and Sascha.

The castle has a fine formal garden, designed by Lutyens with planting by Gertrude Jekyll, which contrasts effectively with its striking setting on the edge of Dartmoor.

It is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor, and has an estimated population of 7, 339.

The town is also home to the Museum of Dartmoor Life, which has received notable visitors such as Prince Charles.

Moretonhampstead has a good range of sporting facilities and the great expanse of Dartmoor makes it popular with ramblers and cyclists, in particular for mountain biking.

In England, many steep-sided valleys in Devon and Cornwall harbour the rainforest with notable examples being the Fowey valley in Cornwall and the valley of the river Dart which flows off Dartmoor and has rainfall in excess of 2 metres per year.

Reports indicate that he has recently escaped from Dartmoor Prison.

Covering, this grand classical style ensemble built from Plymouth limestone and Dartmoor granite, consists of grand gateway surmounted by statue of King William IV, there is the Slaughterhouse, then around a central dock basin, to the south Melville Square, a warehouse with a central courtyard, it has a clock tower over the main entrance, to the west of the basin is the Bakery with its mill and to the east the Brewery, with its cooperage.

The Whiteworks Outward Bound centre on Dartmoor has a 20 bed bunkhouse and the school owns further grounds featuring rugby and cricket pitches at Delgany, Derriford, about two miles north of the Ford Park campus.

There are no natural lakes on Dartmoor, which may be one reason why Crazywell Pool has attracted more than its share of local legends.

At the end of the 1920s he began his career with the direction of four silent films the last of which, A Cottage on Dartmoor established his reputation with its meticulous and often emotionally moving frame composition.

Dartmoor Prison was reopened in 1851 as a civilian prison, but was closed again in 1917 to be converted into a Home Office Work Centre for certain conscientious objectors granted release from prison ; cells were unlocked, inmates wore their own clothes, and could visit the village in their off-duty time.

A year later Dartmoor was converted to a Category C prison for less violent offenders.

The ' Dartmoor Jailbreak ' is a yearly charity event, where members of the public ( not prisoners ) ' escape ' from the prison and must travel as far as possible in 4 days, whilst in convict clothing and without directly paying for transport.

* Dressed to Kill, A 1946 Sherlock Holmes film uses Dartmoor Prison in the plot as the supposed location where three music boxes were made that contain a secret code for a criminal gang.

* In the Tales of Old Dartmoor episode ( recorded in 1956 ) of The Goons radio comedy series, Grytpype-Thynne arranges for the prison to put to sea to visit the Château d ' If in France as part of a plan to find the treasure of the Count of Monte Cristo hid there.

Dartmoor and the fact that a great deal of it is undisturbed for much of the year is an encouragement to the wildlife.

With its range of high grassy moorland, bogs, farmland and deep wooded valleys, Dartmoor also provides a range of habitats for a variety of birds, some quite rare.

He was for many years the President of the Dartmoor Preservation Association and cared passionately about the conservation of Dartmoor.

Peat-cutting for fuel occurred at some locations on Dartmoor until certainly the 1970s, usually for personal use.

The right of Dartmoor commoners to cut peat for fuel is known as turbary.

William Crossing in his Guide to Dartmoor states that a well known Dartmoor guide ( James Perrott ) placed a bottle for visiting cards at Cranmere Pool on the northern moor in 1854.

Some clues may also be found in other letterboxes or on the Internet, but this is more commonly for letterboxes in places other than Dartmoor, where no " 100 Club " or catalogue exist.

Despite Lady Sayer's establishment background, she was a fearless and impassionedfighter in the defence of Dartmoor: frequently she deliberately interrupted army live-firing exercises on Dartmoor's military ranges, and in 1985 snubbed The Prince of Wales over the Duchy of Cornwall's management plan for Dartmoor, since this allowed for a continuance of military usage.

In the South West of England, where the term originated, it is also a word used for the hills themselves – particularly the high points of Dartmoor in Devon and Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.

The Dartmoor Worker is a collection, first assembled in 1966, of newspaper articles originally written for The Western Morning News by the principal authority on Dartmoor and its history, William Crossing, in the early 1900s.

* Many leats on Dartmoor, mostly constructed to provide power for mining activities, although some were also sources of drinking water.