Lucky 7 - Princetown, Devon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 50° 32.644 W 003° 59.551
30U E 429675 N 5599595
A lucky 7 with a tally of 7 around the Dartmoor town of Princetown, Devon.
Waymark Code: WMQYY6
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/17/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
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A lucky 7 with a tally of 7 around the Dartmoor town of Princetown, Devon. There are plenty of other waymarks to collect, too, as you wander wound the village.

2 - Baptism Font, St Michael and All Angels - Princetown, Devon > WMJDW5
3 - Dartmoor Brewery - Princetown, Devon > WMMN43
4 - Stained Glass Window - St Michael & All Angels - Princetown, Devon > WMQY79
7 - GWR Boundary Markers - Princetown, Devon > WMKG1E
8 - 1812 PoW memorial window - St Michael & All Angels - Princetown, Devon > WMQYCJ
14- George and Dragon weathervane - Princetown Smithy - Princetown, Devon > WMQYCV
15- Armed siege in Princetown, Devon > WMQYD4

"Princetown is a village situated in the Dartmoor national park in the English county of Devon. It is the principal settlement of the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest.

The village has its origins in 1785, when Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Secretary to the Prince of Wales, leased a large area of moorland from the Duchy of Cornwall estate, hoping to convert it into good farmland. He encouraged people to live in the area and suggested that a prison be built there. He called the settlement Princetown after the Prince of Wales.

Princetown is the site of Dartmoor Prison. At around 435 metres (1,430 feet) above sea level, it is the highest settlement on the moor, and one of the highest in the United Kingdom. It is also the largest settlement located on the high moor. The Princetown Railway, closed in 1956, was also the highest railway line in England, its Princetown terminus being 435 metres (1,427 ft) above sea level."

 

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Department Number, Category Name, and Waymark Code:
2 - Buildings > Religious Buildings > Stone Church Artefacts > WMJDW5 3 - Business > Food and Drink > Breweries > WMMN43 4 - Culture > Stained Glass Windows > WMQY79 7 - Measurement Standards > Public Land Survey Marks > WMKG1E 8 - Monuments > War > War of 1812 > WMQYCJ 14- Technology > Fabrication > Unique Weathervanes > WMQYCV 15- Waymarking Multifarious > News Article Locations > WMQYD4

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Tally: 7

Reused Waymarks: no

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