South Brent
South Brent (population 2,822) is a large village on the southerly side of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish includes the small hamlets of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, and several scattered farmhouses. It is five miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Ivybridge and also 14 miles (22 kilometres) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are many hut circles, rooms, as well as barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The estate of Brent belonged to Buckfast Abbey from the time of the foundation of the abbey in the very early 11th century. It was purchased the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a huge receiver of reclusive spoils in South Devon. South Brent was originally a woollen and market centre with 2 yearly fairs. Brent Hill is the steep hill just outside the town from which it takes its name (Old English brant-- steep). On it are the damages of an old structure, supposed to have actually been a chapel, and also of a windmill constructed regarding 1790.