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chic goodies; there's everything from silver cutlery and second-hand books, to moleskin
trousers and tweed caps. Tuesday is particularly good for antiques.

Country Cheeses
( www.countrycheeses.co.uk ; Market Rd, Tavistock; 9.30-5pm Mon-Sat) Ripe, cheesy aromas wash over
you as you step into this award-winning shop. The counters are stacked with oozing,
crumbling golden delights. Many are made locally; look out for Slow Tavy (washed in
Plymouth Gin), Trehill (with garlic) and Little Stinky (says it all).

FOOD

Information

Tavistock Tourist Office ( 01822-612938; The Archway, Bedford Sq; 10am-4pm Mon, Tue, Fri & Sat year

round, plus 10am-5pm Mon-Sat Aug & Sep)

Getting There & Away

Plymouth Bus 83/84/86 (one hour; hourly) Via Yelverton.
Barnstaple 118 (two to five daily) Via Lydfordand Okehampton.
Princetown Bus 98 (25 minutes, six daily, Monday to Saturday)

Postbridge Bus 98 (one daily, Monday to Saturday) Via Two Bridges.
Bus 82/Transmoor Link ( Click here ) Summer weekends only, runs across the moor to
Exeter.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES

With an estimated 11,000 monuments Dartmoor is ripe for archaeological explorations. It has the largest concen-
tration of Bronze Age (c 2300-700 BC) remains in the country, 75 stone rows (half the national total), 18 stone
circles and 5000 huts.
The Merrivale Stone Rows MAP , near Princetown, are a handy one-stop-shop for many monument types,
boasting a parallel stone row, a stone circle, a menhir, burial chambers and dozens of hut circles. To the north
east, near Chagford, the Grey Wethers stone circles stand side by side on a stretch of open moor; another stone
circle is 400m away near Fernworthy. At nearby Gidleigh, Scorhill Stone Circle MAP is sometimes called the
Stonehenge of Dartmoor, although only half of the original stones remain. The biggest site is the huge Bronze
Age village of Grimspound MAP , just off the B3212, where you can wander inside the ruins of several round
houses, and the circular stone wall that surrounded the entire settlement.
The DNPA runs a series of archaeology-themed walks (£3 to £8) all over the moor, and sells mini-guides to
some sites (£4).