Dartmoor Case Study (granite landscape)
- Created by: G Redford
- Created on: 12-04-13 14:07
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- Dartmoor (granite landscape)
- Farming
- In 2001, 290,000 hectares of farming land
- In 2001, 900 hectares was arable farmland
- Employs 2,000 in the national park
- 34,878 hectares are common land (including ancient forest)
- 2001 many sheep slaughtered from foot and mouth disease
- Tourism
- 40% of visitors to national park from local area
- National park authority control traffic
- 723 km of footpaths and bridleways
- Dart valley
- Princetown
- Widecombe- on-the-moor
- Bowerman's nose and Hound tor
- Quarrying
- Meldon quarry
- Tin mined for 800 years
- Last working mine closed before WW2
- Dry stone walls
- Haytor quarries provided granite for London Bridge
- Kerbstones
- Older houses made of granite
- Water supplies
- 8 reservoirs e.g Burrator reservoir
- Farming
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