Dartmoor facts for kids

Hay Tor is one of Dartmoor's best-known sites. Granite from here was used to build Nelson's Column and Tower Bridge in London

Dartmoor is a national park in Devon, a county in England. Its highest point is High Willhays, 621 metres high. This is the highest point in the south of England. It has a large area of moorland, and is very hilly. There is much woodland on its lower slopes.

Dartmoor is famous for its tors—outcrops of rock on top of many of its hills. These are the remains of volcanic activity in the Carboniferous period.

Animal life on Dartmoor includes birds such as the ring ouzel and dunlin, and the endangered marsh fritillary butterfly. Its bogs are home to many unusual plants such as the sundew.

Beardown Man, Dartmoor - one of many standing stones

Images for kids

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  Map showing the main granite outcrops of the Cornubian batholith in southwest England and the gravity anomaly associated with it

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  Panorama of some better known Dartmoor tors in snow

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  High Willhays with Yes Tor behind

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  River Erme at Ivybridge

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  Aune Mire, the source of the River Avon

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  Inside Wistman's Wood in summer

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  Ancient cross close to Crazywell Pool

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  Jay's Grave

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  The clapper bridge at Postbridge

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  Dartmoor Hill pony on Dartmoor

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  A typical Dartmoor tor close to Haytor

See also

In Spanish: Parque nacional de Dartmoor para niños