Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn
10 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
50.58084, -3.93751
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Wren
- ✦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
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Wren
- ✦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 — Chaffinch, Wren, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Green Grasshopper, Field Grasshopper, Mottled Grasshopper +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
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
Bellever TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef BTLocal walking route
Postbridge TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef PTLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Granite & GearsMountain bike route▾
11 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Incorporating Mill in Gunpowder factory
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,780 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,780 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Wren · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin +43
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Stoat
Field Grasshopper · Eristalis nemorum · Mottled Grasshopper · Common Green Grasshopper · Eristalis tenax +9
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
- Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Sphaerophoria scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,780 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Wren · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin +43
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Stoat
Field Grasshopper · Eristalis nemorum · Mottled Grasshopper · Common Green Grasshopper · Eristalis tenax +9
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
- Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Sphaerophoria scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusHorse Bot FlyGasterophilus intestinalisHorse Bot FlyGasterophilus intestinalisSyntormon sulcipesSyntormon sulcipesSyntormon sulcipesSyntormon sulcipesCapsus aterCapsus aterCapsus aterCapsus aterStenus cicindeloidesStenus cicindeloidesStenus cicindeloidesStenus cicindeloidesHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusEvents & activities nearby
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