A Roman fort and Roman camp at Bury Barton
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
50.84956, -3.80077
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Swift
- ✦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
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Swift
- ✦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, Swift, Blue Tit +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade I listed building nearby: Chapel approximately 40 metres north-east of Bury Barton Farmhouse
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Swift, Blue Tit +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Small White, Large White +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,503 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,503 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Swift · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Coal Tit +28
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
- MagpiePica pica2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumnwinter
2024▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Pygmy Shrew · Roe Deer · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Small White · Large White · Dark Bush-cricket · Southern Hawker +33
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- St Marks Fly
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wild Service-tree · Meadow Crane's-bill · Black Walnut · Common Toadflax · Hairy Tare +8
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2021
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2020
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2023
- Betony
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,503 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Swift · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Coal Tit +28
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
- MagpiePica pica2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumnwinter
2024▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Pygmy Shrew · Roe Deer · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Small White · Large White · Dark Bush-cricket · Southern Hawker +33
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- St Marks Fly
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wild Service-tree · Meadow Crane's-bill · Black Walnut · Common Toadflax · Hairy Tare +8
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2021
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2020
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2023
- Betony
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bibio marci
Bibio marci
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBlack Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrataBlack Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrataMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusChrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2024Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2024LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2024LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024SyrphusSyrphus2024SyrphusSyrphus2024Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2024Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Green DrakeEphemera danica2024Green DrakeEphemera danica2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024White-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipes2024White-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipes2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2022Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2020Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2020RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Betonica officinalis2022
Betonica officinalis2022
ValerianValeriana2022ValerianValeriana2022Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2022Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2022French Crane's-billGeranium endressii2020French Crane's-billGeranium endressii2020Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2019Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2019SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2019SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2019Events & activities nearby
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