Black Dog is a village in
Mid Devon, ten miles west of
Tiverton and six miles north of
Crediton.
The village is on one of the highest ridges of land between
Dartmoor
Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951. Dartmoor National Park covers .
The granite which forms the uplands dates from the Carboniferous P ...
and
Exmoor
Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England. It is named after the River Exe, the source of which is situated in the centre of the area, two miles north-west of Simonsbath ...
, at an altitude of 656 feet.
[Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet 114 ''Exeter & the Exe Valley'' ] It enjoys views to both moors, but particularly of Dartmoor from the pub, now closed, the Black Dog Inn, which was a favoured watering hole for walkers on the '
Two Moors Way
The Two Moors Way is a long-distance trail mostly in Devon, UK, first established in 1976. It links Dartmoor and Exmoor and has been extended to become a Devon Coast-to-Coast trail.
History
The Two Moors Way was the brainchild of Joe Turner ...
'. Black Dog is split between the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
es of Washford Pyne and
Woolfardisworthy.
The Iron Age hill fort
Berry Castle, Black Dog is to the south (not to be confused with the other
Berry Castles within
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...
).
References
Villages in Devon
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