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Erme Pits

4 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeHeritageBirds
Public accessDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

50.48477, -3.94116

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ✦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

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles

Free

Heritage

Historic site with public access

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Wheatear +21 more · last seen 2023; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Purple Moor-grass, Soft-rush, Heath Rush +61 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Purple Moor-grass, Soft-rush, Heath Rush +61 more · last seen 2024

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Xanthoria, Acarospora fuscata, Lecanora polytropa +6 more · last seen 2013; Fungi — Xanthoria, Acarospora fuscata, Lecanora polytropa +6 more · last seen 2013

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Abbot's WayWalking route
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Ewe at Erme Pits

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ewe at Erme Pits

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Eylesbarrow Tin Mine and associated remainsHistoric site3 km→✦EnclosureHistoric site4.5 km→✦Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin MineHistoric site2.2 km→✦Eylesbarrow Tin MineHistoric site2.9 km→✦Mill remains.Historic site3.3 km→✦Tin WorkingsHistoric site3.3 km→

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