Dartmoor Rock
We rarely stop to think about the ground beneath our feet and yet it is fundamental to life itself - providing scenery and habitats, soils for agriculture, and raw materials for building and industry. The Dartmoor landscape is dominated by rocks - tors, gullies, boulder fields, stone walls and buildings. Read more
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| Introduction |
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54kb(PDF Help) |
| The Geological History of Dartmoor |
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186kb(PDF Help) |
| Mineralisation |
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149kb(PDF Help) |
| Map of Dartmoor Rock and Geological Timeline |
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732kb(PDF Help) |
| Formation of Today's Landscape |
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206kb(PDF Help) |
| The Uses of Dartmoor Rock |
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669kb(PDF Help) |
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Places to Visit |
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| Site Locations |
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363kb(PDF Help) |
| Brent Tor |
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160kb(PDF Help) |
| Burrator Quarries and associated sites |
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154kb(PDF Help) |
| Haytor Rocks and Quarries |
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357kb(PDF Help) |
| Higher Cherrybrook Bridge Quarry |
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225kb(PDF Help) |
| Leigh Tor |
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9kb(PDF Help) |
| Lydford Gorge |
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212kb(PDF Help) |
| Merrivale |
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310kb(PDF Help) |
| O Brook |
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254kb(PDF Help) |
| Laughter Quarry |
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306kb(PDF Help) |
| Bellever |
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226kb(PDF Help) |
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Further Reading |
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| Tor Formation - Dartmoor Factsheet |
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367kb(PDF Help) |
| Evolution of a Dartmoor Landscape |
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997kb(PDF Help) |
| Dartmoor Rock Leaflet |
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487kb(PDF Help) |
| Education Register of Geological Sites in Devon |
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73kb(PDF Help) |
| Reading List |
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40kb(PDF Help) |
