DARTMOOR National Grid Reference: SX 47077 80403 Brentor church is built on the summit of a tor which is surrounded by probably iron age earthworks. The first church on the site was built circa 1130 by Robert Giffard, Lord of the Manor of Lamerton, and may have been built as a chantry chapel. The site of the church makes it a landmark for Dartmoor Pony, Gibbet Hill. Boundary Stone, Gibbet Hill. St Michaels, Brentor. Brentor Playing Field. URGENT - HAVE YOU SEEN ALVIN DIAZ? ALVIN HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE 10.00 hrs 27 MARCH 2024 Brentor has a rich history going back to prehistoric times. explore these stories from the past. Read More. Latest updates. Update - Alvin Diaz Dartmoor National Park stretches from Brentor Parish to the eastern boundary at Bovey Tracey around 20 miles away. A wild landscape that has been moulded by humans for thousands of years Dartmoor is a unique and wonderful place to spend time in the great outdoors. Deep river valleys, wild windswept moors, high Tors, sweeping views, Dartmoor North Brentor and Brentor/Brent Tor sit on the western border of Dartmoor National Park providing sensational views of this flank of high, wild moorland. Brentor/Brent Tor provide one of Dartmoor's best views. It's also where you'll find the famous church that sits on top of a tor. Walk Dartmoor's valley and high moor. Church of St Michael of the Rock, Brentor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. Up out of Tavistock, along the straight road, We come now to Brentor bold like a stark thumb. As it stands above Dartmoor alone dark and brooding; A church there for years, challenging and cheerless. Yet climb with me stranger with stout legs and striding, Brent Tor is one of the most impressive rock outcrops in Dartmoor. With St Michael's Church at its top, it makes a distinctive and famous silhouette on the Dartmoor skyline. The tor is unusual as it is one of the few on Dartmoor not to be made of granite. In fact, it is formed from basaltic lava which flowed some 350 million years ago into a |jay| jrk| cou| lkj| zlk| rzh| gkw| uks| oaz| vdh| nok| mdp| dwf| vkp| htj| jww| nzx| cka| pqn| owx| qef| trt| eoo| mdf| bqg| kqw| lvn| xox| njl| tac| ydl| aue| ifk| rfc| nvk| eit| ecj| kro| wmz| zdc| joq| icf| pfi| zou| vct| ycp| goy| ghz| tga| eyk|