Shaugh Prior Parish Council
The Parish of Shaugh Prior lies about 8 miles north-east of Plymouth, on
the southwest slopes of Dartmoor. There are no major roads through the
Parish, and
only two through routes; running northwest to southeast the road from Bickleigh
to Cornwood and Ivybridge passes through the three major settlements of Shaugh
Prior, Wotter and Lee Moor, and the road from Plympton to Yelverton and Meavy
passes north-south through the Parish. Much of the north of the Parish is
open moorland, crossed by streams between Dartmoor tors. In former times
this area
was the scene of mining and quarrying - now it offers outdoor activities
and sheep, cattle and Dartmoor pony grazing.
The central part of the Parish is dominated by the China Clay pits above Lee Moor and Wotter villages, and the China Clay works in the valleys below. The barren white landscape of spoil heaps and huge excavations dwarfs the massive machinery used to extract the China Clay.
To the south, a belt of farming and woodland isolates the Parish from the commercial encroachment of Plymouth.
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