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A prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape within Merrivale Newtake

31 ha

📷 Brett Sutherland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Free entryDogs welcome31 ha

Getting here

50.56668, -4.04100

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Skylark
  • ✦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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Raven, Skylark, Wheatear +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Birds — Raven, Skylark, Wheatear +76 more · last seen 2025; Fragmented heath priority habitat

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Hydropsyche siltalai +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Broad Buckler-fern, Western Gorse, Heath Bedstraw +135 more · last seen 2019

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Historic gardens

Historic site

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 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
Abbot's WayWalking route
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route
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Cycling

13 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 route10 m
Named routeRef 27Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route151 m
Named routeRef 27Length 151 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route85 m
Named routeRef 27Length 85 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Granite & GearsMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Upper Merrivale Blowing House

📷 Brett Sutherland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Upper Merrivale Blowing House

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Eluvial tin streamworks and prehistoric coaxial field system together with other archaeological remains on Whitchurch CommonHistoric site2.2 km→✦Hut circles SW of WedlakeHistoric site1.9 km→✦Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, associated fields and a length of the Great Western Reave 500m south of Wedlake FarmHistoric site1.8 km→✦Langstone Man (Standing Stone)Historic site2.7 km→✦Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone MoorHistoric site2.7 km→✦Length of reave 290m north of Feather Tor, forming part of a coaxial field system on Whitchurch CommonHistoric site2.7 km→