The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, originally serialised in the
Strand[?] Magazine in
1901 and
1902, which is set largely on
Dartmoor. At the time of researching the novel, Conan Doyle was a General Practitioner in
Plymouth, and thus was able to explore the
moor and accurately capture its mood and feel. In the novel, the detective
Sherlock Holmes and his assistant
Dr. Watson, are called to investigate a curse which is alleged to be on the house of the Baskervilles.
The marsh around Fox Tor[?], Fox Tor Mires, was almost the inspiration for the book's Grimpen Mire. Baskerville Hall may be either Hayford Hall or Brook Manor, which are both near Buckfastleigh[?].
Quotation
- "They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"