What is Dartmoor?
[[File:050715 014 uk dev hay.jpg|thumb|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 [[metre]]s 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 [[volcano|volcanic]] activity in the [[Carboniferous]] period. [[Animal]] life on Dartmoor includes [[bird]]s such as the [[ring ouzel]] and [[dunlin]], and the [[endangered species|endangered]] [[marsh fritillary]] [[butterfly]]. Its [[bog]]s are home to many unusual [[plant]]s such as the [[sundew]] - false information On 2 August 2023, the Royal Marines reported that they lost a standard-issue SA80 rifle during a training exercise. It has not been found. [[File: Beardown_man_dartmoor.jpg|thumb|Beardown Man, Dartmoor - one of many [[standing stone]]s]] == Other websites == {{commons cat|Dartmoor}} *[http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/ Dartmoor National Park Authority] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402032712/http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/ |date=2011-04-02 }} *[http://www.events.ex.ac.uk/tentors/ Ten Tors Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202212845/http://www.events.ex.ac.uk/tentors/ |date=2007-02-02 }} {{-}} {{multistub|geo|UK}} [[Category:Geography of Devon]] [[Category:National parks in the United Kingdom]]