A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
15 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.70444, -3.94529
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Wren, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Large White, Red Admiral +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
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Two Moors WayWalking route▾
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Tarka TrailWalking route▾
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Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
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Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
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West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
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Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Granite WayCycling route▾
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National 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
3 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
2,676 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,676 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Magpie +35
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Notiphila venusta · Scathophaga furcata · Prionocera turcica · Rhamphomyia hybotina +14
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Notiphila venustaNotiphila venusta
- Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata
- Prionocera turcicaPrionocera turcica
- Rhamphomyia hybotinaRhamphomyia hybotina
- Pogonota barbataPogonota barbata
- Phylidorea ferruginea
Tormentil · Goldenrod
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,676 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Magpie +35
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Notiphila venusta · Scathophaga furcata · Prionocera turcica · Rhamphomyia hybotina +14
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Notiphila venustaNotiphila venusta
- Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata
- Prionocera turcicaPrionocera turcica
- Rhamphomyia hybotinaRhamphomyia hybotina
- Pogonota barbataPogonota barbata
- Phylidorea ferruginea
Tormentil · Goldenrod
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phylidorea ferruginea
Phylidorea ferruginea
Phylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalisCoenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralisEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiDiastata adustaDiastata adustaDiastata adustaDiastata adustaMantis FlyOchthera mantisMantis FlyOchthera mantisScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaCoenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrinaEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorCommon HawkerAeshna junceaCommon HawkerAeshna junceaBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBlack Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrataBlack Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata