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Round cairn 240m north of Ger Tor

✦ Ancient woodland0 ha

📷 Guy Wareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

50.63145, -4.05665

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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  • 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Meadow Pipit
  • 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Raven, Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow +60 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Raven, Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow +60 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Free

Plants — Heather, Common Bent, Tunbridge Filmy-fern +162 more · last seen 2019

Heritage

Strong match

Free

Historic site

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Green Hairstreak, Heather Beetle, Phylidorea squalens +10 more · last seen 2025

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
The LichwayWalking route19 km▾

Also known as the 'Way of the Dead' as a route for carrying coffins to the graveyard at Lydford Church

Named routeRef LYWLength 19 kmLocal walking route
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
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Cycling

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25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Granite WayCycling route▾
Named route
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route151 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 151 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

About this historic site

Scheduled Monument

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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Ger Tor

📷 Guy Wareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ger Tor

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✦ AncientFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Foxhole Mine and other tinworks south east of Arms TorHistoric site2.5 km→⛪St Petrock's ChurchReligious grounds4 km→✦Boiler House (Ruin)Historic site4 km→✦Rattlebrook Peat WorksHistoric site4 km→✦Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone MoorHistoric site4.6 km→✦Langstone Man (Standing Stone)Historic site4.6 km→