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✦ Historic site
Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn
10 ha
Getting here
50.58084, -3.93751
Best for
4 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Hiking
Free58%Named hiking route nearby: The Lichway
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
6
6 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
1
1 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
11
11 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Two Moors Way · Walking0
Dartmoor Way · Walking0
The Lichway · Walking19 km
Bellever Trail · Walking0
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✓ Public accessFree 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
✦The Judge's ChairHistoric site3.4 km→✦Cairn and cist 400m east of Lydford TorHistoric site2.7 km→✦Enclosure and stone hut circle 160m south east of Broad HoleHistoric site3.9 km→✦Prehistoric settlement, field system and rabbit warren south of Longaford TorHistoric site1.6 km→✦A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever TorHistoric site1.9 km→✦Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland TorHistoric site3 km→