Walking Dartmoor's Ancient Tracks: A Guide to 28 Routes [Hardcover]

Eric Hemery (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1997

This is the definitive guide to Dartmoor's most important and hitherto uncharted historic tracks. The moor's traditional travel routes have been shrouded in mystery and many of them were in danger of being lost altogether. Through meticulous research and intensive field work over decades, Eric Hemery established the historical background to the 28 tracks described here. An important feature of track-routing throughout the book is the use of recorded evidence from experienced moormen, present and past, for route details. Detailed maps and illustrations allow readers to follow in the steps of monks, merchants, tin miners, and others who over the centuries established safe ways across the treacherous moor.

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About the Author

Born in the Blackmoor Vale of Dorset on 1914, Eric Hemery trained as a musician. In intervals between his musical commitments, he studied, explored and guided on Dartmoor. On retirement as a teacher, he switched professionals and became Dartmoor's foremost writer and lecturer. He is the author of the definitive High Dartmoor: Land and People ('the standard work', Daily Telegraph) and until his death in early 1986 was the acknowledged world authority on Dartmoor. He is buried in the churchyard of Meavy, the church where he and his family regularly worshipped.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 294 pages
• Publisher: Robert Hale (May 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0709060750
• ISBN-13: 978-0709060758
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,681,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)