Princetown is one of the larger centres within the Dartmoor National Park and owes its fame to the close by high security jail Dartmoor Prison.
The town itself has a somewhat grim atmosphere in places. Some of the building where actually built by French and American prisoners, resulting in a close resemblance to the functional stone prison houses!
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