Cranmere Pool, Devon

Historical Description

Cranmere Pool, a pool in Dartmoor, Devonshire, in the midst of deep morasses, 6 miles S by E of Okehampton. It is about 230 yards in circuit, is frequented by water-fowl, and has been called " the mother of the Dartmoor rivers." The West Okement is the only stream really flowing from it, but the Taw, the Tavy, the Dart, and the Teign rise near it.