The experience introduces the story behind The Hound of the Baskervilles, covering the people, places and legends that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with locations ranging from tranquil Devon village graveyards to churches with black magic associations.
It is delivered by Alex Graeme, Orestone Manor's expert tour guide. Alex’s great grandfather, Robert Duins Cooke, was a local vicar and expert on Dartmoor and presented Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with exact locations on the Moors to visit when researching the story.
The Orestone Manor Baskerville tour tells guests about the evil Squire Richard Cabell III, reputed to have sold his soul to the devil, and his ever-present pack of baying hounds. To this day his devilish dogs are thought by some locals to race across Dartmoor on eerily, dark nights.
* Pictured here are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Squire Richard Cabell III's manor house
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