Photo of Dartmeet, a landmark near Buckland-in-the-Moor in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England. — © Kester Harvey / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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At Dartmeet the East and West Dart rivers join on open moorland, beside the granite piers of a medieval clapper bridge that a flood long ago swept apart. It’s an easy-to-reach beauty spot right by the road, with parking, a café and shallow water for paddling, so it gets busy in summer. Postbridge and its own famous clapper bridge lie a few miles north.

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