Welcome to Widecombe-in-the-Moor
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Hutholes
Hutholes is an abandoned medieval settlement in Widecombe parish (probably 12th or 13th century). It was made available for viewing to the public by Hermon French and his wife, Winnie. This is a general view of the site: Hermon’s early life cutting grass around the site (on his family’s land) led to his recognising it…
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Widecombe Landmarks
The following registered ancient monuments are within or close to the Widecombe Parish. A task for 2000 (one of many!!) will be to provide photographs of each of these monuments. ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS ACT 1979 LIST OF SCHEDULED MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1987 Parish County No Monument…
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Widecombe’s Ancient Landscape
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A book of 171 pages with 95 illustrations in full colour Written by Roger Claxton The perfect companion for exploring Widecombe village, the valley and the surrounding moorland All sales profits are donated to local causes A very limited number of copies of the printed book are available for local readers at £11.00 (plus postage)…
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Things New and Old Item 26: Snow on the Moor
This is the twenty-sixth item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) Back to Contents List Snow on the Moor THE winters of 1814 and 1820 were remarkable for severity and for the depth of snow which fell on Dartmoor. Amongst the fatal accidents was…
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A Day Out in Widecombe
Click on any picture to view a larger image, then click on ‘Back’ at the top of your browser in order to return to the text. For a map of the area covered by this walk, please click here. After you have parked in the car park, have a wander around the village green. There…
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Artefact Hunt
Some of these artefacts are shown here as picture clues to help you explore for them and also to try to work out what they are. In this context ‘artefact’ means something that is man-made and is lying in the landscape either in use or not, in its original location or not. If we think…
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Artefact Hunt More Details
This page contains more details for the artefact hunt that you can find Here. So, if you have arrived here directly, e.g. via a search engine, then please go to the original hunt page first. You can go to an individual section of the hunt by choosing from the list below: Section 1: In the…