Pricetown is Dartmoor's highest village. It is well worth your time to visit though many have spent there time trying to escape from its rugged and windswept vistas. This is because it is the location of Dartmoor Prison.
The prison museum is a very interesting attraction as is the
Dartmoor National Parks High Moorland Visitor Centre, which is housed in the former
Duchy Hotel. Whilst staying here
Sherlock Holmes creator
Arthur Conan Doyle found inspiration and began work on his famous
Hound of the Baskervilles.
There are 3 pubs in the town that all serve up excellent food and drink, and if one wants to work up an appetite first then one can take a 5 mile walk along the
Thomas Tyrwitt route. This follows the path of an old railway from Princetown to disused quarries at
Foggintor and
Sweltor. If one chooses to explore this trail, one will be rewarded with many deeply spectacular and impressive views along the way.
Dartmoor Prison
Princetown
Prisoner's graves