Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill 45 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 45 ha
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50.69818, -3.90727
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Archaeological site scheduled monument
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ 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
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Skylark, Yellowhammer, Meadow Pipit +36 more · last seen 2024; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Damselfly, Keeled Skimmer, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Damselfly, Keeled Skimmer, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Two Moors Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref MW Listed length 166 Regional walking route
Show on map Tarka Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref TT Regional walking route
Show on map Devonshire Heartland Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref DHW Regional walking route
Show on map Dartmoor Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref DW Regional walking route
Show on map Taw Teign Link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref TTL Regional walking route
Show on map 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 28 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 28 National Cycle Network
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Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 28 Length 1.9 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 28 Length 2.6 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 28 Length 1.7 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,280 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,280 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Skylark · Yellowhammer · Meadow Pipit · Carrion Crow · Stonechat +34
Skylark Alauda arvensis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Blackbird Turdus merula Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Woodpigeon Columba palumbus House Martin Delichon urbicum Linnet Linaria cannabina Dunnock Prunella modularis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Swift Apus apus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Swallow Hirundo rustica Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Raven Corvus corax2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2022 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2022 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2021 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2021 Magpie Pica pica2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 Southern Damselfly · Keeled Skimmer · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Small Red Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle +32
Southern Damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale2024 Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2021 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2021 Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2021 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2021 Common Darter Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,280 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Skylark · Yellowhammer · Meadow Pipit · Carrion Crow · Stonechat +34
Skylark Alauda arvensis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Blackbird Turdus merula Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Woodpigeon Columba palumbus House Martin Delichon urbicum Linnet Linaria cannabina Dunnock Prunella modularis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Swift Apus apus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Swallow Hirundo rustica Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Raven Corvus corax2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2022 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2022 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2021 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2021 Magpie Pica pica2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 Southern Damselfly · Keeled Skimmer · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Small Red Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle +32
Southern Damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale2024 Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2021 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2021 Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2021 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2021 Common Darter Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum2021
Sympetrum striolatum2021
Phylidorea abdominalis Phylidorea abdominalis
Phylidorea abdominalis Phylidorea abdominalis
Coenosia femoralis Coenosia femoralis
Coenosia femoralis Coenosia femoralis
Mantis Fly Ochthera mantis
Mantis Fly Ochthera mantis
Coenosia tigrina Coenosia tigrina
Coenosia tigrina Coenosia tigrina
Euphylidorea meigenii Euphylidorea meigenii
Euphylidorea meigenii Euphylidorea meigenii
Triogma trisulcata Triogma trisulcata
Triogma trisulcata Triogma trisulcata
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2021
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2021
Notiphila venusta Notiphila venusta
Notiphila venusta Notiphila venusta
Scathophaga furcata Scathophaga furcata
Scathophaga furcata Scathophaga furcata
Prionocera turcica Prionocera turcica
Prionocera turcica Prionocera turcica
Rhamphomyia hybotina Rhamphomyia hybotina
Rhamphomyia hybotina Rhamphomyia hybotina
Pogonota barbata Pogonota barbata
Pogonota barbata Pogonota barbata
Phylidorea ferruginea Phylidorea ferruginea
Phylidorea ferruginea Phylidorea ferruginea
Diastata adusta Diastata adusta
Diastata adusta Diastata adusta
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Hilara chorica Hilara chorica
Hilara chorica Hilara chorica
Rhamphomyia stigmosa Rhamphomyia stigmosa
Rhamphomyia stigmosa Rhamphomyia stigmosa
Erioptera fusculenta Erioptera fusculenta
Erioptera fusculenta Erioptera fusculenta
Parapiophila vulgaris Parapiophila vulgaris
Parapiophila vulgaris Parapiophila vulgaris
Clinocera fontinalis Clinocera fontinalis
Clinocera fontinalis Clinocera fontinalis
Azelia zetterstedtii Azelia zetterstedtii
Azelia zetterstedtii Azelia zetterstedtii
Stearibia nigriceps Stearibia nigriceps
Stearibia nigriceps Stearibia nigriceps
Hilara maura Hilara maura
Hilara maura Hilara maura
Dicranomyia autumnalis Dicranomyia autumnalis
Dicranomyia autumnalis Dicranomyia autumnalis
Empis chioptera Empis chioptera
Empis chioptera Empis chioptera
Botanophila striolata Botanophila striolata
Botanophila striolata Botanophila striolata
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2021
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2021
Black Darter Sympetrum danae2021
Black Darter Sympetrum danae2021
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2021
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2021
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2021
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2021 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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