Shaugh Prior is a village and
civil parish on the south-western side of
Dartmoor in the county of
Devon, England. It is situated about 8 miles north-east of the historic centre of the city of
Plymouth. In 2001 its population was 751. The parish stretches from the edge of
Plymouth to the high moorland of Dartmoor. The
River Plym forms its western and northern boundaries up to the river's source at Plym Head. The higher parts of the parish are rich in Bronze Age monuments such as cists and cairns, and there is much evidence of
tin mining. The area of Lee Moor that has been much mined for
china clay is within the parish, but outside the
Dartmoor National Park.