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✦ Historic site
A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
15 ha
Getting here
50.70444, -3.94529
Best for
3 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
10
10 named nearby
Named route
🚴
Cycling
32
32 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
3
3 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Two Moors Way · Walking0
Tarka Trail · Walking0
Devonshire Heartland Way · Walking0
Dartmoor Way · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's ChurchHistoric site3.1 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds3.1 km→✦SettlementHistoric site900 m→✦Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand HillHistoric site900 m→✦Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon BeaconHistoric site1.4 km→✦Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland HouseHistoric site1.5 km→