For more than a hundred years, Foggintor Quarry was one of three great Dartmoor granite quarries, providing the stone for famous landmarks such as Nelson’s Column. The quarries have long since fallen silent and the moors have reclaimed the industrial landscape. Foggintor Quarry was the one that provided granite for the construction of London’s Nelson’s Column in the early 1840s. The stone from the quarry was also used to build the Dartmoor Prison and a few other buildings in nearby Princetown. �