A stone hut circle on Longash Common lying 980m ESE of Merrivale Bridge
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.55451, -4.03530
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Carrion Crow
- ✦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 — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Skylark +70 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Skylark +70 more · last seen 2025; Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Violet Oil-beetle, Small White, Meadow Brown +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bilberry, Tormentil, Purple Moor-grass +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional 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
10 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 route754 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 754 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Granite & GearsMountain bike route▾
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Merrivale: Standing Stone
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Wildlife to spot
3,465 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,465 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Swallow · Wheatear · Skylark · Meadow Pipit +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Ctenicera cuprea · Scathophaga stercoraria
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Tormentil · Bilberry · Purple Moor-grass · Heather · Wavy Hair-Grass +32
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,465 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Swallow · Wheatear · Skylark · Meadow Pipit +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Ctenicera cuprea · Scathophaga stercoraria
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Tormentil · Bilberry · Purple Moor-grass · Heather · Wavy Hair-Grass +32
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas