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Located in South Brent, Devon, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
'Lake' is a local term for stream. 'Red' refers to the colour of the water generated by natural deposits within the bogs and moorland of Dartmoor's high plateaus. Hence the name 'Red Lake'. Red Lake flows into the River...
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Located in South Brent, Devon, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
This stone row is 3.4km long! Given its sheer size, we're breaking it up into sections. This listing covers the north section near Red Lake China Clay Works. Stall Moor Stone Row (South Section). By James Penman...
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Located in South Brent, Devon, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Green Hill is a remote area on the south plateau of Dartmoor National Park. A high and shallow dome of moorland, the terrain around Green Hill can be treacherous. Black Lane Mire and Fishlake Mire are nearby. We include...
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Located in South Brent, Devon, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Huntingdon Clapper Bridge is a clapper bridge spanning the River Avon high on the south plateau of Dartmoor National Park. See also:. Postbridge Clapper Bridge. Teign-e-ver Clapper Bridge. Teignhead Clapper Bridge. Belle...
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Located in South Brent, Devon, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
As you explore the south west section of Dartmoor National Park, you'll see the remains of a once thriving tin mining industry. Huge trenches and grass covered mounds pepper the landscape. Miners needed food and, as a co...
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Located in Harford, Devon, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
A 'pound' is an enclosed area in which people protected their homes and livestock. Put another way, homes and livestock were impounded by a wall to form an enclosed settlement. There are pounds and enclosed settlements a...
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Located in South Brent, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.0 miles away.
High above the Avon Dam Reservoir are Eastern White Barrow and Western White Barrow. The former is a huge collection of granite rocks in the shape of a submarine. The latter is a smaller collection of rocks just off the...
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Located in South Brent, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.2 miles away.
The Abbot's Way is an ancient travel route running across the high moors in the southern section of Dartmoor National Park. The River Avon is a river flowing down from a mire near the highest ground in the southern secti...
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Located in South Brent, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.3 miles away.
Mathematically, Fur Tor and the Cut Hill area of Dartmoor's north plateau are the most remote places in the National Park and southern England. However, in our opinion, it's the moorland around Naker's Hill and Green Hil...
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Located in Sheepstor, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.4 miles away.
Erme Pits are the remains of medieval and post-medieval tinworkings in the area surrounding Erme Head and Fords. Over the years, we've spent days walking in both this area and on the surrounding domed hills of Dartmoor's...
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Located in Harford, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.4 miles away.
Open a copy of the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map. Flip it over onto the side that covers the southern section of Dartmoor National Park. Put your finger on Ivybridge and then follow the River Erme upstream...
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Located in Sheepstor, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.5 miles away.
The River Erme rises in one of the most beautiful areas on Dartmoor's south plateau. It's well worth making the effort to walk into this remote, wild place. We've positioned Erme Head and its fords on Google maps so zoom...
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Located in Dartmeet, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.5 miles away.
Dartmoor National Park has two areas of high moorland that are bisected, roughly speaking, by the B3357 which runs east/west across the Park. The highest point on the south moors is Ryder's Hill. At 515 metres above sea...
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Located in Cornwood, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.6 miles away.
Whilst exploring the area around Red Lake China Clay Works, we came across a stone row. Checking the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map revealed a huge row running over three kilometres from Green Hill down to...
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Located in Holne, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.6 miles away.
One of the highest points in the southern section of Dartmoor National Park, Snowdon is a short walk across (often soggy) moorland to the south west of Ryder's Hill. We've walked it as part of a loop starting from the ca...
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Located in Ivybridge, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.6 miles away.
Langcombe Hill is an area of high ground in the southern section of Dartmoor National Park. Many rivers rise in the area. There are Erme Head and Langcombe Head, Yealm Head and Shavercombe Head. Langcombe Hill runs down...
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Located in Dartmeet, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.6 miles away.
The River Avon is a Devon river flowing from the high moors of Dartmoor National Park down to the South Devon coast. The river rises at Avon Head and the Avon Head Mires by Ryder's Hill on Dartmoor's south plateau. We've...
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Located in South Brent, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.6 miles away.
Eastern White Barrow is a huge collection of rocks in the shape of a submarine. This distinctive landmark can be seen from miles around. It's a short distance east of Western White Barrow and south west of Avon Dam Reser...
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Located in Holne, Devon, South West England, England
Approximately 1.7 miles away.
Pupers Hill is on the eastern flank of the high moors of Dartmoor National Park. To its east, the land drops away into a gentler, wooded landscape. To its west are the domed high moors. The Two Moors Way runs by Pupers H...
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