A bowl barrow and ring ditch 700m WNW of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor
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Getting here
50.93023, -3.85128
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Robin
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Robin, Chaffinch +52 more · last seen 2022
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Robin, Chaffinch +52 more · last seen 2022; Good quality semi-improved grassland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell +27 more · last seen 2025; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jacobaea, Barren Strawberry, Compact Rush +257 more · last seen 2022
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Chulmleigh Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCT
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,039 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,039 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds6 species
wintersummerautumn
2022▾
Tawny Owl · Goosander · Swift · Raven · Swallow +1
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SwiftApus apus2019
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Large White · Comma · Small White +14
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2017
- Small WhitePieris rapae2017
- Speckled Wood
🌿Plants94 species
springsummer
2022▾
Lesser Celandine · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Bluebell · Early-purple Orchid · Hairy Wood-rush +89
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2017
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2017
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2017
- Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,039 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds6 species
wintersummerautumn
2022▾
Tawny Owl · Goosander · Swift · Raven · Swallow +1
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SwiftApus apus2019
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Large White · Comma · Small White +14
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2017
- Small WhitePieris rapae2017
- Speckled Wood
🌿Plants94 species
springsummer
2022▾
Lesser Celandine · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Bluebell · Early-purple Orchid · Hairy Wood-rush +89
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2017
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2017
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2017
- Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pararge aegeria2019
Pararge aegeria2019
PeacockAglais io2017PeacockAglais io2017GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017River SkaterAquarius najasRiver SkaterAquarius najasHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisWillow Bean-gallerEuura proximaWillow Bean-gallerEuura proximaLoosestrife SawflyMonostegia abdominalisLoosestrife SawflyMonostegia abdominalisWillow NematineEuura salicisWillow NematineEuura salicisPainted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2017Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2017Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2015Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2015Green-ribbed Sedge
Green-ribbed Sedge
Carex binervis2017
Carex binervis2017
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2017Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2017Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2017Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2017daffodilsNarcissus2017daffodilsNarcissus2017Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaWood SpeedwellVeronica montana2017Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2017Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2017Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2017Black CurrantRibes nigrum2017Black CurrantRibes nigrum2017PignutConopodium majus2017PignutConopodium majus2017BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2017BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2017Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2017Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2017Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2017Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2017Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2017Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2017CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2017CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2017RaspberryRubus idaeus2017RaspberryRubus idaeus2017MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2017MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2017Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2017Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2017Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2017Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2017Creeping WillowSalix repens2017Creeping WillowSalix repens2017Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2017Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2017RamsonsAllium ursinum2017RamsonsAllium ursinum2017Leucojum aestivum subsp. pulchellumLeucojum aestivum subsp. pulchellum2017Leucojum aestivum subsp. pulchellumLeucojum aestivum subsp. pulchellum2017Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2017Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2017Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2017Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2017LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2017LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2017Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2017Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2017Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2017Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2017Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2017Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2017Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2017Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2017Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2017Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2017Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2017Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2017AlderAlnus glutinosa2017AlderAlnus glutinosa2017Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2017Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2017SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2017SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2017RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2017RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2017Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2017Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2017Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2017Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2017Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2017Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2017Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2017Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2017Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2017Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2017BoxBuxus sempervirens2017BoxBuxus sempervirens2017Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2017Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2017Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2017Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2017GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2017Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2017Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2017Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2017Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2015Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2015Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2015Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2015Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2015Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2015False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2015False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2015HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2015HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2015Norway SprucePicea abies2015Norway SprucePicea abies2015Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2015Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2015Scots PinePinus sylvestris2015Scots PinePinus sylvestris2015Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2015Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2015Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2015Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2015SilverweedPotentilla anserina2015SilverweedPotentilla anserina2015Wood DockRumex sanguineus2015Wood DockRumex sanguineus2015NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2015NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2015Red CloverTrifolium pratense2015Red CloverTrifolium pratense2015DandelionTaraxacum2015DandelionTaraxacum2015Common NettleUrtica dioica2015Common NettleUrtica dioica2015HollyIlex aquifolium2015HollyIlex aquifolium2015Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2015Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2015Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2015Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2015Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2015Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2015Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2015Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2015Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2015Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2015Common SorrelRumex acetosa2015Common SorrelRumex acetosa2015Eared WillowSalix aurita2015Eared WillowSalix aurita2015Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum2015Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum2015Soft-rushJuncus effusus2015Soft-rushJuncus effusus2015Downy BirchBetula pubescens2015Downy BirchBetula pubescens2015Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2015Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2015CleaversGalium aparine2015CleaversGalium aparine2015PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2015PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2015Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2015Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2015Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2015Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2015Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2015Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2015Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2015Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2015Long-stalked Crane's-billGeranium columbinum2015Long-stalked Crane's-billGeranium columbinum2015Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2015Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2015RowanSorbus aucuparia2015RowanSorbus aucuparia2015Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2015Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2015Common BentAgrostis capillaris2015Common BentAgrostis capillaris2015Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2015Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2015Wild PlumPrunus domestica2015Wild PlumPrunus domestica2015Bush VetchVicia sepium2015Bush VetchVicia sepium2015Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2015Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2015