South Brent (population 2,822) is a large town on the southern side of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish consists of the little districts of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, and also several scattered farmhouses. It is five miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Ivybridge as well as 14 miles (22 kilometres) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are numerous hut circles, enclosures, and also barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The estate of Brent came from Buckfast Abbey from the moment of the foundation of the abbey in the early 11th century. It was purchased the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a big receiver of monastic spoils in South Devon. South Brent was initially a woollen as well as market centre with 2 yearly fairs. Brent Hill is the high hill just outside the village where it takes its name (Old English brant-- steep). On it are the damages of an ancient building, meant to have actually been a chapel, as well as of a windmill built concerning 1790.