Enclosure and stone hut circle 160m south east of Broad Hole
0 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.58885, -3.99092
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Merlin 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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Merlin 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 — Merlin, Carrion Crow, Skylark +58 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Merlin, Carrion Crow, Skylark +58 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Black Darter, Green-veined White, Carabus granulatus +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Fir Clubmoss, Bog Asphodel, Tunbridge Filmy-fern +39 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Granite & GearsMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
491 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
491 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Merlin · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Wheatear · Carrion Crow +41
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2017
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2015
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2017
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2017
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2017
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2015
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2014
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2014
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2013
- MagpiePica pica2013
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula2017
- DunnockPrunella modularis2017
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2017
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2017
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2014
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2014
- DipperCinclus cinclus2014
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2013
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2013
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2013
- Great TitParus major2013
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2013
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects24 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Black Darter · Carabus granulatus · Emerald Damselfly · Small Argent & Sable · Minotaur Beetle +19
- Black DarterSympetrum danae2020
- Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus2022
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2019
- Small Argent & SableEpirrhoe tristata2019
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Tunbridge Filmy-fern · Bog Asphodel · Round-leaved Sundew · Tormentil · Bilberry +8
- Tunbridge Filmy-fernHymenophyllum tunbrigense
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2020
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2020
- TormentilPotentilla erecta2016
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2016
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
491 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Merlin · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Wheatear · Carrion Crow +41
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2017
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2015
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2017
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2017
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2017
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2015
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2014
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2014
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2013
- MagpiePica pica2013
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula2017
- DunnockPrunella modularis2017
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2017
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2017
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2014
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2014
- DipperCinclus cinclus2014
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2013
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2013
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2013
- Great TitParus major2013
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2013
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects24 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Black Darter · Carabus granulatus · Emerald Damselfly · Small Argent & Sable · Minotaur Beetle +19
- Black DarterSympetrum danae2020
- Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus2022
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2019
- Small Argent & SableEpirrhoe tristata2019
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Tunbridge Filmy-fern · Bog Asphodel · Round-leaved Sundew · Tormentil · Bilberry +8
- Tunbridge Filmy-fernHymenophyllum tunbrigense
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2020
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2020
- TormentilPotentilla erecta2016
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2016
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2016
2016
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2016Soft-rushJuncus effusus2016Mat-grassNardus stricta2016Mat-grassNardus stricta2016Bent GrassAgrostis2016Bent GrassAgrostis2016Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2016Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2016Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2016Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2016Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2016Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2016HeatherCalluna vulgaris2016HeatherCalluna vulgaris2016Events & activities nearby
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