Round cairn 590m south-west of Beardown Man lying on the eastern slope of Conies Down Tor
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌳Ancient
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Getting here
50.59577, -3.99111
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Merlin and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Merlin and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Merlin, Carrion Crow, Wheatear +36 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Birds — Merlin, Carrion Crow, Wheatear +36 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +19 more · last seen 2025
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bilberry, Tormentil, Mat-grass +52 more · last seen 2023
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Abbot's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
369 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
369 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds39 species
springsummerwinter
2025Merlin · Carrion Crow · Wheatear · Meadow Pipit · Skylark
+34 more speciesHide species list
All 39 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2012
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2011
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2015
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2015
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2014
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2014
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2012
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2012
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2011
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2014
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2014
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2014
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2014
- DipperCinclus cinclus2014
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2012
- MagpiePica pica2012
- SwiftApus apus2011
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2010
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025Common Frog · Common Toad
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2025Large White · Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady · Black Darter
+17 more speciesHide species list
All 22 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
🌿Plants55 species
springsummer
2023Bilberry · Tormentil · Mat-grass · Soft-rush · Purple Moor-grass
+50 more speciesHide species list
All 55 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2016
- TormentilPotentilla erecta2016
- Mat-grassNardus stricta2016
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2016
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
369 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds39 species
springsummerwinter
2025Merlin · Carrion Crow · Wheatear · Meadow Pipit · Skylark
+34 more speciesHide species list
All 39 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2012
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2011
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2015
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2015
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2014
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2014
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2012
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2012
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2011
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2014
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2014
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2014
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2014
- DipperCinclus cinclus2014
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2012
- MagpiePica pica2012
- SwiftApus apus2011
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2010
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025Common Frog · Common Toad
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2025Large White · Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady · Black Darter
+17 more speciesHide species list
All 22 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
🌿Plants55 species
springsummer
2023Bilberry · Tormentil · Mat-grass · Soft-rush · Purple Moor-grass
+50 more speciesHide species list
All 55 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2016
- TormentilPotentilla erecta2016
- Mat-grassNardus stricta2016
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2016
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018PeacockAglais io2018PeacockAglais io2018Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2020Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2020Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis2020Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis2020Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2019Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2019Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2019Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2019Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2019Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2015Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2015Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2011Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2011ChevronEulithis testata2010ChevronEulithis testata2010Silver YAutographa gamma2010Silver YAutographa gamma20102016
2016
Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago2011Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago2011Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2016Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2016Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2016Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2016HeatherCalluna vulgaris2016HeatherCalluna vulgaris2016Tunbridge Filmy-fernHymenophyllum tunbrigenseTunbridge Filmy-fernHymenophyllum tunbrigenseBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2020Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2020Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2020Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2020Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2016Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2016Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2016Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2016Bent GrassAgrostis2016Bent GrassAgrostis2016Star SedgeCarex echinata2016Star SedgeCarex echinata2016Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2016Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2016Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2011Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2011Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2011Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2011Common BentAgrostis capillaris2011Common BentAgrostis capillaris2011Western GorseUlex gallii2011Western GorseUlex gallii2011Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2011Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2011Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2011Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2011Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2011Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2011Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2011Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2011Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum2017Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum2017RushJuncus2016RushJuncus2016FescueFestuca2016FescueFestuca2016Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2016Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2016Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2016Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2016Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2016Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2016DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum2016DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum2016Juncus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusJuncus bulbosus subsp. bulbosus2016Juncus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusJuncus bulbosus subsp. bulbosus2016Marsh VioletViola palustris2016Marsh VioletViola palustris2016PondweedPotamogeton2016PondweedPotamogeton2016Early Hair-grassAira praecox2011Early Hair-grassAira praecox2011Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum2011Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum2011Common SedgeCarex nigra2011Common SedgeCarex nigra2011Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2011Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2011Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2011Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2011Wilson's Filmy-fernHymenophyllum wilsonii2011Wilson's Filmy-fernHymenophyllum wilsonii2011Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2011Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2011GrassPoaceae2011GrassPoaceae2011LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2011LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2011Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2011Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2011Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2011Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2011English StonecropSedum anglicum2011English StonecropSedum anglicum2011Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2011Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2011CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2011CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2011Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2010Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2010Bristle BentAgrostis curtisii2010Bristle BentAgrostis curtisii2010Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2010Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2010Round-leaved CrowfootRanunculus omiophyllus2010Round-leaved CrowfootRanunculus omiophyllus2010Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2010Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2010Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2010Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2010Events & activities nearby
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