Fox Tor

Fox Tor is a relatively minor hill on Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom. It is probably best known for the swampy land that lies beneath it, Fox Tor Mires. This is said to have been the inspiration for Grimpen Mire in the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This wide expanse of peat bog continues to be dangerous to walkers, especially after heavy rain.

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On the flank of Fox Tor stands Childe's Tomb - the subject of a local legend which claims that it is the last resting place of an unfortunate traveller who died there during a blizzard.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles: The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally serialised in the Strand Magazine in 1901 and 1902, which is set largely on Dartmoor 1889. At the time of researching the novel, Conan Doyle was a General Practitioner in Plymouth, and thus was able to explore the m...

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