South Brent (population 2,822) is a huge town on the southern edge of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish includes the tiny communities of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, as well as many 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, units, as well as barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The manor of Brent belonged to Buckfast Abbey from the time of the foundation of the abbey in the early 11th century. It was purchased the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a big receiver of reclusive spoils in South Devon. South Brent was originally a woollen and also market centre with two 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 old structure, expected to have actually been a church, and also of a windmill built regarding 1790.