Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DART (The)

DART (The), a river of Devon. It rises near Cranmere pool, in Dartmoor forest; and runs about 35 miles, south-eastward, past Buckfastleigh, Dartington, Totnes, and Asprington, to the sea at Dartmouth haven. It takes its name from the rapidity of its current; flows much on a rocky channel, through fine scenery; and is estuarial, about 10½ miles, from Totnes to the sea.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Devon AncC
Place names: DART     |     DART THE     |     THE DART

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