Hound Tor viewed from Bronze Age medieval village settlement, Dartmoor National Park
Walking over the top of Hound Tor and down towards the valley where Becka Brook flows, you’ll come across the medieval village of Hound Tor, believed to have been abandoned since the 14th Century.
The settlement consists of still-visible 13th Century stone longhouses; the area will have originally been farmed in the Bronze Age. I loved to play in the medieval village when I was little, imagining ‘here’s the kitchen and here’s where the fire would have been’ as there are still visible walls and separate ‘houses’ and rooms! It’s a great feature for history enthusiasts of all ages.
Hound Tor is a brilliant area to explore as it has so much for the imagination, and not only as the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, where Sherlock Holmes is required to solve the mystery of a man killed by a ghostly, ferocious hound here.
My illustration shows the view of Hound Tor rocks from down in the medival village.
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Walking over the top of Hound Tor and down towards the valley where Becka Brook flows, you’ll come across the medieval village of Hound Tor, believed to have been abandoned since the 14th Century.
The settlement consists of still-visible 13th Century stone longhouses; the area will have originally been farmed in the Bronze Age. I loved to play in the medieval village when I was little, imagining ‘here’s the kitchen and here’s where the fire would have been’ as there are still visible walls and separate ‘houses’ and rooms! It’s a great feature for history enthusiasts of all ages.
Hound Tor is a brilliant area to explore as it has so much for the imagination, and not only as the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, where Sherlock Holmes is required to solve the mystery of a man killed by a ghostly, ferocious hound here.
My illustration shows the view of Hound Tor rocks from down in the medival village.
Save £5 when you buy any two Local Landmark prints - enter code LANDMARK5 at checkout
Walking over the top of Hound Tor and down towards the valley where Becka Brook flows, you’ll come across the medieval village of Hound Tor, believed to have been abandoned since the 14th Century.
The settlement consists of still-visible 13th Century stone longhouses; the area will have originally been farmed in the Bronze Age. I loved to play in the medieval village when I was little, imagining ‘here’s the kitchen and here’s where the fire would have been’ as there are still visible walls and separate ‘houses’ and rooms! It’s a great feature for history enthusiasts of all ages.
Hound Tor is a brilliant area to explore as it has so much for the imagination, and not only as the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, where Sherlock Holmes is required to solve the mystery of a man killed by a ghostly, ferocious hound here.
My illustration shows the view of Hound Tor rocks from down in the medival village.
Save £5 when you buy any two Local Landmark prints - enter code LANDMARK5 at checkout
My Local Landmarks series are a collection of hand-drawn illustrations that I have chosen to draw because they mean something to me - maybe I just love a building or the character, or have memories of fun family trips there, or I think they represent my home county of Devon in an interesting way.
I have illustrated them in pencil then pen and ink, with all the characterful features explored in beautiful detail.
This print will be treasured for years to come and will certainly make a talking point!
A4 sized prints, supplied unframed so you can frame them to suit your interior.
