A good general guide to the commercial activities on Dartmoor at the end of the 19th century is William Crossing's The Dartmoor Worker.

* William Crossing – The Dartmoor Worker ( anthology )

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.

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

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

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.

* Dartmoor Prison is mentioned in The Thirteen Problems, a short story collection written by Agatha Christie, and first published in 1932.

Christie's The Sittaford Mystery ( 1931 ) is set on Dartmoor and features an escaped prisoner.

A cardboard replica is left in its place, which is left standing after the original Dartmoor Prison sinks with all hands at the end of the episode.

* In an episode of The Saint television series entitled ' Escape Route ' ( 1966 ), Simon Templar ( Roger Moore ) is sent to Dartmoor to uncover a planned escape.

* Dartmoor is frequently mentioned in the Agent Z series of comical children ’ s books written by Mark Haddon.

* Dartmoor prison is implicated in the local Dartmoor ' Hairy hands ' ghost story / legend.

It is a charity, which provides an independent viewpoint on the current issues affecting Dartmoor and performs valuable conservation work on archaeological sites.

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

The most obvious evidence of mining to the casual visitor to Dartmoor are the remains of the old engine-house at Wheal Betsy which is alongside the A386 road between Tavistock and Okehampton.

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

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.

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

* An escaped convict from Dartmoor figures in Nevil Shute's first novel Marazan, published in 1926.

* Decline and Fall, a novel by Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928 makes thinly disguised references to Dartmoor Prison.

* In the first episode of the second series of James May's Man Lab, James May and Oz Clarke were demonstrating map-reading skills by pretending to escape from Dartmoor prison and cross Dartmoor to their escape car ( although they had to start their escape from outside the prison grounds as they were not allowed permission inside the prison ).

The first Dartmoor letterboxes were so remote and well-hidden that only the most determined walkers would find them, allowing weeks to pass before the letter made its way home.

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

In his book Guide to Dartmoor he refers to what is likely to have been the first letter box.

** The first Ten Tors event is held in Dartmoor.

Another myth, from Dartmoor, tells of a princess who wanted to marry an elven prince, but according to tradition had to bathe in pure cream first.

It was first recorded in 1380 and was built to facilitate the transportation of Dartmoor tin by pack horses to the stannary town of Tavistock.

The organisers stress that the event is not a race – although teams often compete to see who can finish first – but a test of endurance, navigation and survival skills, not just because of the distances and the challenging terrain, but potentially the weather: conditions on Dartmoor can vary considerably and change suddenly.

The history from the 13th century centres round the castle, which is first mentioned in 1216, when it was granted to William Briwere, and was shortly afterwards fixed as the prison of the stannaries and the meeting-place of the Forest Courts of Dartmoor.

Both types were in use at Eylesbarrow mine in the first half of the 19th century — the last place on Dartmoor where smelting was done.

The Dartmoor tin-mining industry thrived for hundreds of years, continuing from pre-Roman times right through to the first half of the 20th century.

For the first 23 years of its existence, Dartmoor National Park was administered by a special committee of Devon County Council.

Dartmoor National Park Committee ( DNPC ) was the first in the country to appoint a leader, in October 1973, and by the time the Committee became operational on 1 April 1974, many of the necessary officers had already been appointed.

The first Dartmoor National Park Plan was published in 1977 ; its stated aim was that the Park would be " as tidy, enjoyable and uncontentious as possible ".

* The Act of Roger Murgatroyd ( 2006 )-a murder mystery set in the 1930s on Dartmoor, first in the Evadne Mount trilogy

On 12 December 1966 the Krays helped Frank Mitchell, " The Mad Axeman ", to escape from Dartmoor Prison ( Frank Mitchell should not be confused with the contemporaneous Frankie Fraser, " Mad Frankie Fraser ", who allied with the Kray's rivals, the Richardson gang ).

It also publishes a bi-annual free newspaper known as The Dartmoor Guide and a number of factsheets on a range of relevant topics.

The few buildings include houses built originally for quarry workers and the Dartmoor Inn, which sells Merrivale Ale.

On the ground floor of the museum a model representing a Great Western Railway branch line on Dartmoor, originally built in 1955 to showcase the trains being built for the Vale scene, is operated for visitors.

Railway facilities were originally provided at Plympton — for goods traffic only — by the horse-drawn Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway, but their branch was closed and sold to the South Devon Railway to allow them to build a line from Exeter to Plymouth.