Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
51 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome51 ha
Getting here
50.51765, -3.85048
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Wren, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Common Darter, Common Blue Damselfly +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
Abbot's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route329 m▾
Named routeRef 272Length 329 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route222 m▾
Named routeRef 272Length 222 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 272Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route258 m▾
Named routeRef 272Length 258 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Bull's-eye stone on Holne Town Gutter
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,689 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,689 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch · Dunnock +44
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2026▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Violet Oil-beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Tiger Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly +11
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Rutpela maculata
Forked Spleenwort
- Forked SpleenwortAsplenium septentrionale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,689 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch · Dunnock +44
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2026▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Violet Oil-beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Tiger Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly +11
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Rutpela maculata
Forked Spleenwort
- Forked SpleenwortAsplenium septentrionale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rutpela maculata2025
Rutpela maculata2025
Pycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Lucerne BugAdelphocoris lineolatus2025Lucerne BugAdelphocoris lineolatus2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Events & activities nearby
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