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The Cromwell Arms
The Cavaliers certainly were dashing, romantic figures. Dressed in fine clothes with luxurious plumed hats. One could argue that, for battle, perhaps something a little more camouflaged would be more sensible (and may go some way to explaining why the roundheads were more successful at the battle of Bovey Heath) but from an aesthetic point of view, a ghostly cavalier is a handsome, yet tragic sight to behold.
If you stopped by the Cromwell Arms for a drink, and stayed until after sunset, you might be lucky enough to spot a caped figure, disappearing around a corner. Some staff at the Cromwell have even reported ghostly experiences, a brush with an apparition, the feeling of a spectre unable to move on.
They say that a ghost will haunt the location of their demise, especially if it is associated with some traumatic event. A royalist soldier, separated from his men in a daring escape, only to meet a brutal end in the shadow of a monastery archway, may well be considered traumatic enough to leave a spirit unable to move on.
Sources:
dartmoorpreservation.co.uk/the-ghostly-cavaliers-of-dartmoor/
claydonestate.co.uk/history/sir-edmund-verney/
Word of mouth