Useful Books on Dartmoor

The listing that follows is from a database being compiled whilst researching this website. The emphasis is on books related to the subject of prehistoric archaeology on Dartmoor and as such many good books are not included. There are many old books that are available on line through the Internet Archive and where possible these have been included for the sake of making them easy to find.

Barber, Chips, Diary of a Dartmoor Walker, Obelisk Publications, Exeter, (1983) [0946651019]
Barber, Chips, The Great Little Dartmoor Book, Obelisk Publications, Exeter, (1986) [0946651108]
Baring-Gould, S, Dartmoor Idylls, Methuen & Co.,
Baring-Gould, S, A Book of the West, Methuen & Co.,
Baring-Gould, S, A Book of Dartmoor, Halsgrove,
Barnes, Peter, The Dartmoor Mountain Bike Guide, Obelisk Publications, Exeter, (1994) [0946651930]
Bennie, Michael, Walking the Stories and Legends of Dartmoor, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot, (1995) [1872640354]
Bennie, Michael, Walking Through Dartmoor's Past, Peninsula Press, [1872640451]
Bound, Terry, The Great Walks of Dartmoor, Obelisk Publications, Exeter, (1985) [0946651078]
Bray, Anna Eliza, The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy, vol.1, John Murray, London, (1836) [D00305574X]
Bray, Anna Eliza, The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy, vol.2, John Murray, London, (1836)
Bray, Anna Eliza, The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy, vol.3, John Murray, London, (1836)
Bray, Anna Eliza, Dartmoor Superstitions (From The Borders of the Tamar & The Tavy), W Kent & Co, London, (1838)
Breton, Henry Hugh, Beautiful Dartmoor And Its Interesting Antiquities, Forest Publishing, [0951527401]
Breton, Henry Hugh, The Forest of Dartmoor, Forest Publishing, [095152741X]
Brewer, Dave, A Field Guide to the Boundary Markers on and around Dartmoor, Devon Books, Exeter, (1986) [0861147863]
Brewer, Kath, Railways, Quarries and Cottages of Foggintor, Orchard Publications, Chudleigh, (1997)
Brown, Mike, Eden Phillpotts on Dartmoor, Forest Publishing, Torquay, (1981) [0715381182]
Brown, Mike, Dartmoor 2001: A Dartmoor Diary of Yesteryear, Forest Publishing, Torquay, (2001) [0953685225]
Burl, Aubrey, The Stone Circles of the British Isles, Yale University Press, [0300019726]
Burl, Aubrey, Prehistoric Stone Circles,
Burl, Aubrey, A guide to the stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany, Yale University Press, [0300063318]
Burnard, Robert, Dartmoor Pictorial Records, Devon Books, [086114791X]
Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.1: The East, Devon Books, [0861148665]
Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, Devon Books, [0861148703]
Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.4: The South-East, Devon Books, [0861148819]
Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, Devon Books, [0861148894]
Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.5: The Second Millennium B.C., Devon Books, [0861149106]
Butler, Simon, Dartmoor Century - Photography on Dartmoor Across a Hundred Years, Halsgrove, Wellington, (2000) [1855227401]
Byng, Brian, Dartmoor's Mysterious Megaliths, Baron Jay, [D00015574X]
Carrington, Nicholas Toms, Dartmoor, a descriptive poem, with notes by W. Burt, Hatchard, London, (1826)
Chapman, Lesley, The Ancient Dwelling of Grimspound and Hound Tor: Two Deserted Settlements in th, Orchard Publications, [1898964238]
Chapple, William, Description and Exegesis of Drewsteignton Cromlech, Manuscript,
Chapple, William, A Review of Part of Risdon's Survey of Devon, Thorn, Exeter, (1785)
Chudleigh, J, An Exploration of Dartmoor's Antiquities,
Chudleigh, J, Devonshire Antiquities,
Clare, T, Archaeological Sites of Devon and Cornwall, Moorland Publishing, Asbourne, Derbyshire, (1982) [0861900588]
Cresswell, Beatrix, Datmoor with its surroundings,
Croker, J. G., A guide to the eastern escarpment of Dartmoor, Kirkman and Thackray, Chudleigh, (1851)
Cross, Gordon, Dartmoor Walks (BBC Radio Devon), BBC Radio Devon, Exeter, (1987)
Crossing, William, Amid Devonia's Alps,
Crossing, William, Report as to Damage to Ancient Monuments and Encroachments on Dartmoor, Dartmoor Preservation Association, Princetown, (1901) [0950138665]
Crossing, William, A Hundred Years on Dartmoor,
Crossing, William, The ancient stone crosses of Dartmoor and its borderland,
Crossing, William, Gems in a Granite Setting,
Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor Part 1,
Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor Part 2,
Crossing, William, Dartmoor's early historic and medieval remains, Quay publications, Brixham, (1987) [1870083156]
Crossing, William, Stones of Dartmoor and their story, Quay Publications, Brixham, (1987) [1870083105]
Crossing, William, Echoes of an Ancient Forest, Forest Publishing, Torquay, (1994) [0951527444]
Crossing, William, Folklore and Legends of Dartmoor, Forest Publishing, Torquay, (1997) [095272975X]
Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor, Peninsula Press,
Dartmoor National Park Authority, A guide to the archaeology of Dartmoor, Matthews-Wright Press, [0861149041]
Dell, Simon, The Beat on Western Dartmoor: Celebration of 150 Years of the Policing of Tavistock, Forest Publishing, Newton Abbot, (1997) [0952729741]
Dell, Simon, Dartmoor's Policeman Poet: The Verses of Constable John L.Webber of Widecombe-in-the-Moor 1863-1891, Forest Publishing, Newton Abbot, (2000) [0953685217]
Dell, Simon, Mutiny on the Moor: The Story of the Dartmoor Prison Riot of 1932, Forest Publishing, Newton Abbot, (2006) [0954908937]
Dell, Simon, Dartmoor Wilderness Walks, Dartmoor Company, Okehampton, (2011) [095551505X]
Dell, Simon, The Real Beatrice Chase: A Dartmoor Author, Dartmoor Company, Okehampton, (2015) [0955515084]
Dell, Simon, The Dartmoor 'Conchies': Dartmoor's Prison's Conscientious Objectors of the Great War, Dartmoor Company, Okehampton, (2017) [0995690200]
Dell, Simon; Bright, John, Dartmoor's Sett Makers' Bankers: An Industrial Mystery Solved?, Dartmoor Company, Okehampton, (2008) [0955515017]
Dixon, Sophie, A Journal Of Ten Days Excursion On The Western And Northern Borders Of Dartmoor, J Williams, Old-town, Plymouth, (1830)
Dixon, Sophie, A Journal of Eighteen Days Excursion on the Eastern and Southern Borders of Dartmoor, T. J. Bond, Plymouth, (1830)
Dysart, G, The Abbots' Way, The Burleigh Press, Bristol, (1935)
Earle, John, Walking on Dartmoor, Cicerone Press, Milnthorpe, (1987) [0902363840]
Earle, John, Dartmoor: walks into history, Halsgrove, [1841142565]
Endle, Rufus, Dartmoor Prison, Bossiney Books, Bodmin, (1979) [0906456134]
Evans, Rachel, Home Scenes, Or, Tavistock and Its Vicinity, J.L. Commins, [1377585751]
Falcon, T.A., Dartmoor Illustrated,
Fergusson, James, Rude stone monuments, J. Murray, London, (1872)
Fleming, Andrew, Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions, Batsford, [0713456663]
Fleming, Andrew, Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions (2nd edition), Oxbow, Oxford, (2008)
Fox, Aileen, South-West England, 3500 BC-AD 600, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, (1973)
Fox, Aileen, Prehistoric hillforts in Devon, Devon Books,
Gant, Tom, Discover Darmoor, Baron Jay, Plymouth, (1978) [904593061]
Gerrard, Sandy, English Heritage Book of Dartmoor: Landscapes Through Time, Batsford, [0713475889]
Gerrard, Sandy, The Early British Tin Industry, Tempus Publishing Ltd, Stroud, (2000) [0752414526]
Gill, Crispin, Dartmoor A New Study, David & Charles,
Greeves, T, The archaeology of Dartmoor: An introduction, Dartmoor National Park Department, Exeter, (1978) [0905981138]
Greeves, T, The Archaeology of Dartmoor from the Air,
Greeves, T, The Mines and Miners of Dartmoor - A Photgraphic Record, Devon Books, Tiverton, (1986) [0861147669]
Greeves, T and Newman, P, The Great Courts of Devon Tinners 1510 and 1710, Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group, [0952944219]
Grinsell, L.V., Archaeology of Exmoor: Bideford Bay to Bridgwater, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, (1970) [0715349538]
Harris, Helen, The Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot, (1992) [1872640214]
Harris, Peggy, Life on a Dartmoor Scrapyard - The Early Years, Edgemoor Publishing Limited, Okehampton, (2009) [0956424600]
Hayward, John, An Hour's Stroll on Dartmoor, Curlew Publications, Exeter, (1989) [0951403709]
Hayward, John, Dartmoor 365, Curlew Publications, Exeter, (1991) [0951403729]
Hayward, John, Your Dartmoor Century, Curlew Publications, Exeter, (1994) [0951403710]
Hayward, John; Swinscow, Anne, 101 Dartmoor Letterboxes: But Not How to Find Them!, Kirkford Publications, Exeter, (1992) [0950911434]
Hedges, Michael Robert, Escape to Dartmoor!: Impressions of Walking in the Wilderness, Forest Publishing, Torquay, (1997) [0952729725]
Hemery, Eric, Wilderness Camping in Britain, Hale, London, (1978) [0709151531]
Hemery, Eric, Historic Dart (River Dart & Dartmoor), David & Charles, Newton Abbot, (1982) [0715381427]
Hemery, Eric, High Dartmoor: Land and People, Hale, [0709188595]
Hemery, Eric, Walking the Dartmoor Railways, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, (1983) [0715383485]
Hemery, Eric, Walking the Dartmoor Waterways, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, (1986) [0715386271]
Hemery, Eric, Walking Dartmoor's Ancient Tracks, Hale, London, (1986) [0709025823]
Hooker, John, Synopsis Chorographical of Devonshire, Manuscript,
Hoskins, W.G., Dartmoor: National Park Guide No.1, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London, (1957) [0117004782]
Hunt, Peter, Devon's Age of Elegance, Devon Books, Exeter, (1984) [0861147502]
Jones, Andy M., Preserved in the Peat: An Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its Wide, Oxbow Books, Oxford, (2016) [1785702602]
Jones, J. P, Observations on the scenery and antiquities in the neighbourhood of Moretonhampstead, R. Bond,
Keene, Peter; Harley, M.J., Burrator Dartmoor Landform Trail, Nature Conservancy Council, London, (1987)
Kelly, Matthew, Quartz and Feldspar: Dartmoor - A British Landscape in Modern Times, Vintage, London, (2016) [0099552558]
King, R.J., The Forest of Dartmoor and its Borders, London, (1856)
Le Messurier, Brian, Dartmoor Walks For Motorists, Warne, Reading, (1987) [0723234396]
Lethbridge, William D., One Man's Moor: An Exploration of Aspects of Dartmoor, Halsgrove, Tiverton, (2006) [1841145157]
Lethbridge, William D., Discover Preshistoric Dartmoor, Halsgrove, Wellington, (2015) [0857042491]
Lockyer, Joseph Norman, Stonehenge and other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered, Macmillan, London, (1906)
Lysons, Magna Britannia: Volume 6 - Devonshire,
Mason, John H.N.; Hemery, Eric, Walk South Devon Coastal Path and Dartmoor, John Bartholomew & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, (1992) [0702818119]
Mason, Peter F, Dartmoor: a Wild and Wondrous Region: The Portrayal of Dartmoor in Art, 1750-1920, Lustleigh Society, Lustleigh, (2017)
Millward, Roy & Robinson, Adrian, Dartmoor and South Devon, Macmillan, Basingstoke, (1971)
Moore, Stuart, A short history of the rights of common upon the forest of Dartmoor, Dartmoor Preservation Association,
Newman, Phil, The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor, English Heritage, Frome, (2011)
Newman, Phil, The Dartmoor Tin Industry, Chercombe Press, Newton Abbot, (2011) [0953270807]
Ormerod, George Wareing, Archaeological memoirs relating to the East of Dartmoor, The Author, Teignmouth, (1876)
Page, John Lloyd Warden, An Exploration of Dartmoor and its Antiquities, with some account of its borders, Seeley & Co., London, (1889) [D05009122X]
Page, William, The Victoria History of the County of Devon: v. 1, Haymarket, London, (1906)
Pearce, Susan M., Archaeology of South West Britain, HarperCollins, London, (1981) [0002162199]
Perkins, John W, Geology Explained: Dartmoor and The Tamar Valley, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, (1972) [0715355169]
Pettit, Paul, Prehistoric Dartmoor, David & Charles,
Pole, William, Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, J Nichols, London, (1791)
Polwhele, Richard, Historical views of devonshire, vol.1, Cadell, Dilly and Murray, [D00010773X]
Prince, Elizabeth, Walks in the Dartmoor National Park No.1: Moretonhampstead, Manaton and Lustleigh, Dartmoor National Park, Exeter, (1977) [0905981022]
Prince, Elizabeth, Walks in the Dartmoor National Park No.2: South West Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park, Exeter, (1979) [0905981030]
Prince, Elizabeth, Walks in the Dartmoor National Park No.3: The Dart Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Exeter, (1980) [0905981049]
Prince, Elizabeth, Walks in the Dartmoor National Park No.4: Haytor and Area, Dartmoor National Park, Exeter, (1985) [0905981057]
Prince, Elizabeth, Dartmoor Seasons, Devon Books, Exeter, (1987) [0861147820]
Rainbird, Paul, A Guide to the Archaeology of South Devon, Three Barrows Books, [0956499104]
Rendell, Paul, Exploring around Burrator: a Dartmoor reservoir, Dartmoor Company, [0955515009]
Rivers, Lyn, Walk Exmoor & The Quantocks, John Bartholomew & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, (1989) [0702809101]
Robins, John, Follow the Leat: A Series of Walks on Dartmoor, J.A.C Robins, Tavistock, (1982) [0950803006]
Rouse, G.D, The New Forests Of Dartmoor : Forestry Comission Booklet 10, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, (1964)
Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (1st Edition),
Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), Devon Books, [0861147731]
Sale, Richard, Dartmoor: the Official National Park Guide, Pevensey Press, [1898630127]
Skilton, Brian, Dartmoor - The Threatened Wilderness, Century Hutchinson Ltd, St Austell, (1987) [0712617566]
Somer Cooks J.V., A Dartmoor Century 1883-1983, Dartmoor Preservation Association, [0950138649]
St Leger-Gordon, Douglas, Under Dartmoor hills, Robert Hale Ltd,
Starkey, F. H., Dartmoor Crosses and Some Ancient Tracks, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot, (1989) [0950724068]
Starkey, F. H., Exploring Dartmoor again: exploration made easy, Peninsula Press, [1872640427]
Stringer, Chris, Homo Britannicus: the incredible story of human life in Britain, Penguin Books, [0713997958]
Swete, John, Travels in Georgian Devon, vol.1, Devon Books, [0861149181]
Tavistock and District Local History Society, Walking around Tavistock, Tavistock and District Local History Society, Plymouth, (2004) [0954428420]
Tavy, Peter, Walk Dartmoor - A Bartholomew Map & Guide, John Bartholomew & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, (1984) [0702806889]
Thom, A and Burl, A, Stone Rows and Standing Stones, BAR Publishing, [0860547086]
Thurlow, George, Thurlow's Dartmoor Companion, Peninsula Press,
Todd, Malcolm, The South West to AD 1000, Longman, [0582492742]
Viccars, Sue, Dartmoor: great short walks for all the family, Pathfinder, [1854585215]
Walker, Jack, Dartmoor Sun, Halsgrove, [1841144231]
Weir, John, Dartmoor and Exmoor (Great Walks), Ward Lock Limited, London, (1988) [0706366344]
Westacott, H.D., Walks and Rides on Dartmoor, Footpath Publications, [0950369679]
Westcote, Thomas, A view of Devonshire in 1830, Exeter, (1845)
Westlake, R.J., Dartmoor, D. Bradford Barton Ltd, St Austell, (1973)
White, Paul, Ancient Dartmoor - An Introduction, Bossiney Books, Launceston, (2000) [1899383220]
White, Paul, Medieval Dartmoor, Bossiney Books, Launceston, (2001) [1899383433]
White, Paul, Shortish Walks on Dartmoor, Bossiney Books, Launceston, (2003) [1899383603]
White, William, History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Devon, Sheffield W. White,
Woods, Stephen H., Dartmoor Stone, Devon Books, [0861148436]
Worth, R.H., Worth's Dartmoor, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, (1971) [0715351486]
Worth, R.N., A History of Devonshire,