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Pillow Mounds

📷 Guy Wareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsHeritage
Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

50.47963, -3.99831

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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

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Raven +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Raven +70 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site with public access

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle · last seen 2025; Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Drakes TrailWalking route
Named routeRef DTRegional walking route
Abbot's WayWalking route
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route
🚴

Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 272Cycling route
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route663 m
Named routeRef 272Length 663 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km
Named routeRef 272Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route746 m
Named routeRef 272Length 746 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route376 m
Named routeRef 272Length 376 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Granite & GearsMountain bike route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths
Edward's Pathbridleway · 1.1 km
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmPath type: path
Edward's Pathbridleway · 628 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 628 mPath type: path

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Leat below Eastern Tor

📷 Guy Wareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Leat below Eastern Tor

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Eylesbarrow Tin Mine and associated remainsHistoric site2.2 km→✦EnclosureHistoric site1 km→✦Narrator (ruins)Historic site2.9 km→✦Round cairn 340m ESE of Norsworthy BridgeHistoric site3.2 km→💧Burrator ReservoirReservoir3.4 km→💧Burrator ReservoirReservoir3.4 km→

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