Tanner was the honourable secretary of the Dartmoor Preservation Association, and this reconstruction was one of the first acts of that organisation.

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

He was one of the earliest members of the Dartmoor Preservation Association, joining it immediately on its formation.

The book is illustrated with many photographs from the collection of Lady Sayer, a highly influential member of the Dartmoor Preservation Association during the mid 20th century.

* Dartmoor Preservation Association, a group which monitors development on Dartmoor in South West England

He was president of the Dartmoor Preservation Association from 1962 until 1976.

Volunteer support for the railway is provided by Dartmoor Railway Supporters Association ( DRSA ).

* Dartmoor Railway Supporters Association website.

According to William Burt, in his notes to Dartmoor, a Descriptive Poem by N. T. Carrington ( 1826 ), the original tomb consisted of a pedestal of three steps, the lowest of which was built of four stones each six feet long and twelve inches square.

Tristram Risdon, writing in about 1630, said that Childe's Tomb was one of three remarkable things in the Forest of Dartmoor ( the others being Crockern Tor and Wistman's Wood ).

In the early 19th century there was much interest in enclosing and " improving " the open moorland on Dartmoor, encouraged by Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt's early successes at Tor Royal near Princetown.

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.

He was the author of many novels, plays and poems about Dartmoor.

The last active mine in the Dartmoor area was Great Rock Mine, which shut down in 1969.

The subject of warrening on Dartmoor was addressed in Eden Phillpotts ' story The River.

The first letterbox meet was held on Dartmoor, and they are now held twice yearly on " clock change days " ( in March and October ).

Dartmoor Prison was built in 1806 at a cost of £ 130, 000 and at one time had a capacity between 7, 000 and 9, 000 prisoners.

Sylvia Olive Pleadwell Sayer, Lady Sayer ( 1904 – 2000 ) was one of the foremost early conservators of what is now Dartmoor National Park, in Devon in the south-west of England.

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.

For example the Dartmoor granite was emplaced around 280 million years ago and as it cooled it contracted leaving a multitude of mainly vertical cracks ; these facilitated hydrothermal circulation which both chemically altered the rock surrounding the cracks and deposited minerals in them.

William Crossing ( 1847 – 1928 ) was a writer and documenter of Dartmoor and Dartmoor life.

From his earliest youth he was fond of Dartmoor, his early associations centring around the neighbourhood of Sheepstor, Walkhampton, Meavy, and Yannadon.

It was placed at Cranmere Pool on northern Dartmoor by a local guide in 1854.

The Museum is faced with Portland stone, but the perimeter walls and other parts of the building were built using Haytor granite from Dartmoor in South Devon, transported via the unique Haytor Granite Tramway.

Childe's Tomb is a granite cross on Dartmoor, Devon, England.

Although not in its original form, it is more elaborate than most of the crosses on Dartmoor, being raised upon a constructed base, and it is known that a kistvaen is underneath.

Childe's Tomb is a reconstructed granite cross on the south-east edge of Foxtor Mires, about 500 metres north of Fox Tor on Dartmoor, Devon, England at.

Kistvaen on the southern edge of Dartmoor in Drizzlecombe ( England ) showing the capstone and the inner cist structure. Cist

There are numerous Dartmoor kistvaens.

HM Prison Dartmoor is a Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon.

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

From the spring of 1813 until March 1815 about 6500 American sailors were imprisoned at Dartmoor.

In 2001 a Board of Visitors report condemned sanitation at Dartmoor as well as highlighting a list of urgent repairs needed at the prison.

In 2002 the Prison Reform Trust warned that Dartmoor Prison may be breaching the Human Rights Act 1998 due to severe overcrowding at the jail.

A year later however the Chief Inspector of Prisons declared that Dartmoor had made substantial improvements to its management and regime.

Dartmoor still has a misplaced reputation for being a high-security prison that is escape-proof.

Now a Category C prison, Dartmoor houses mainly non-violent offenders and white-collar criminals.

Dartmoor offers cellular accommodation on 6 wings.

All courses and qualifications at Dartmoor are operated by South Gloucestershire and Stroud College and Cornwall College.

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.