A double stone alignment and three cairns south-west of Black Tor
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.52547, -4.01733
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Chaffinch
- ✦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 — Stonechat, Chaffinch, Wren +62 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Stonechat, Chaffinch, Wren +62 more · last seen 2025; Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Notch-horned Cleg, Hippobosca equina +105 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bilberry, Wavy Hair-Grass, Heath Milkwort / Common Milkwort +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
Drakes TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef DTRegional walking route
Abbot's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 route7 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 7 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 27Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 27Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Granite & GearsMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,270 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,270 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Meadow Pipit · Stonechat · Blackbird · Skylark +34
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Volucella pellucens · Lesser Stag Beetle · Green Tiger Beetle · Violet Oil-beetle · Carabus arvensis +3
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
Wavy Hair-Grass · Bilberry · Tormentil · Common Bent · Western Gorse +5
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Western GorseUlex gallii
- Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,270 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Meadow Pipit · Stonechat · Blackbird · Skylark +34
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Volucella pellucens · Lesser Stag Beetle · Green Tiger Beetle · Violet Oil-beetle · Carabus arvensis +3
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
Wavy Hair-Grass · Bilberry · Tormentil · Common Bent · Western Gorse +5
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Western GorseUlex gallii
- Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meadow Grasshopper
Meadow Grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus2024Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus2024HeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaHeath Milkwort / Common MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia/vulgaris2024Heath Milkwort / Common MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia/vulgaris2024