Rousdon
Rousdon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Combpyne Rousdon, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is off the A3052 road between Colyford and Lyme Regis in Dorset.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Devon, UK
- Also known as: “Rousdon, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hawkesdown Hill and Musbury Castle.
Hawkesdown Hill
Archaeological site
Photo: Katy Walters, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hawkesdown Hill, also known as Hawkesdown Camp, is an Iron Age Hill fort close to Axmouth in Devon. It is situated on a prominent hillside above the Axe Estuary and is approximately 130 metres above sea level. Hawkesdown Hill is situated 2 miles west of Rousdon.
Musbury Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Musbury Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort situated above the Village of Musbury in Devon. The fort occupies a commanding hill top approx 175 metres above sea level overlooking the Axe valley at Ordnance Survey grid reference SY282941. Musbury Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Rousdon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Combpyne and Holcombe.
Combpyne
Locality
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Combpyne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Combpyne Rousdon, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is off the A3052 road between Colyford and Lyme Regis in Dorset.
Holcombe
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holcombe is a hamlet in Uplyme civil parish in the district of East Devon in the English county of Devon. Holcombe is located northwest of the town of Lyme Regis about a mile west of Uplyme village. Holcombe is situated 1½ miles northeast of Rousdon.
Ware Cliffs
Locality
Photo: Maurice D Budden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ware Cliffs are a set of long cliffs which stretch westwards from the town of Lyme Regis in Dorset to the Ware hamlet in the East Devon district of Devon, England. Ware Cliffs is situated 2 miles east of Rousdon.
Rousdon
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Combpyne Rousdon, East Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.71662° or 50° 42′ 60″ northLongitude
-2.99893° or 2° 59′ 56″ westElevation
528 feet (161 metres)Open location code
9C2VP282+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1209298907OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Rousdon” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Rousdon”
- French: “Rousdon”
- Irish: “Rousdon”
- Polish: “Rousdon”
- Swedish: “Rousdon”
- Welsh: “Rousdon”
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Explore places such as Dower House and Rousdon Cliffs.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rousdon”. Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.