Post by Ian Menkins on Apr 16, 2009 23:43:50 GMT 10
This is one of the opening scenes in Diana. I am reasonably confident that this scene is looking down into the Meavy River Valley from a high vantage point, with the Burrator Reservoir clearly visible below. The mountain flank on the right is Sheeps Tor and (I think) the little peak on the left is Sharpitor (sometimes written SharpiTor).
The film may have been shot from somewhere near The Old Mine House in Devon. At least this would give a similar vantage point to this photo. www.oldminehouse-dartmoor.co.uk/images/burrator.jpg
www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/images2/gallery/dartmoor/set4/taylor_burrator.jpg
Here is another convincing match sent to me by my Devon contact, but Sheeps Tor is out of frame in this shot.
www.visitdevon.co.uk/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FBurrator+Reservoir.jpg&action=Header
(The above link is no longer working, so do a Google image search on "visit devon burrator reservoir")
This next photo, taken from the opposite direction, shows Sheeps Tor on the left and Sharpitor on the right (with Combeshead Tor in the middle).
www.richkni.co.uk/dartmoor/pix/combeshead/comb5.jpg
The film may have been shot from somewhere near The Old Mine House in Devon. At least this would give a similar vantage point to this photo. www.oldminehouse-dartmoor.co.uk/images/burrator.jpg
www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/images2/gallery/dartmoor/set4/taylor_burrator.jpg
Here is another convincing match sent to me by my Devon contact, but Sheeps Tor is out of frame in this shot.
www.visitdevon.co.uk/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FBurrator+Reservoir.jpg&action=Header
(The above link is no longer working, so do a Google image search on "visit devon burrator reservoir")
This next photo, taken from the opposite direction, shows Sheeps Tor on the left and Sharpitor on the right (with Combeshead Tor in the middle).
www.richkni.co.uk/dartmoor/pix/combeshead/comb5.jpg
