Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.70744, -3.94002
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ 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
- 🐦63+ 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 +60 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Coenosia femoralis, Coenosia tigrina, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Tormentil, Goldenrod · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Dartmoor: view west off Cosdon Hill
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,068 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,068 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Chaffinch +35
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- 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
Coenosia femoralis · Coenosia tigrina · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Scathophaga furcata · Prionocera turcica +20
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata
- Prionocera turcicaPrionocera turcica
- Rhamphomyia hybotinaRhamphomyia hybotina
- Pogonota barbata
Tormentil · Goldenrod
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,068 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Chaffinch +35
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- 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
Coenosia femoralis · Coenosia tigrina · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Scathophaga furcata · Prionocera turcica +20
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata
- Prionocera turcicaPrionocera turcica
- Rhamphomyia hybotinaRhamphomyia hybotina
- Pogonota barbata
Tormentil · Goldenrod
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pogonota barbata
Pogonota barbata
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