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Princetown is a village located within Dartmoor national park in the English county of Devon. It is the principal settlement of the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest. At the 2021 census, the village had
Photograph of prisoners on a work party at Dartmoor Prison about 1900
Church of St Michael, Princetown
Plume of Feathers public house
HM Prison Dartmoor
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HM Prison Dartmoor is a Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. Its high granite walls dominate this area of the moor. The prison is owned by t
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…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 1,430 feet (435 m) above sea level, it is the highest settlement on the moor, and one of the highest in the United Kingdom. It is also the…
Dartmoor Prison from the air
HM Dartmoor Prison, as it appeared in 1815
The main gates of Dartmoor Prison host the inscription Parcere Subiectis (Trans: Spare the Vanquished) from Virgil's Aeneid.
Éamon de Valera was imprisoned at Dartmoor in 1919.