Challacombe Down

Challacombe Down is a peak in Manaton, Teignbridge District, England and has an elevation of 1,519 feet. Challacombe Down is situated near the locality Golden Dagger Mine, as well as near Headland Warren.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Grimspound and Hookney Tor.

Grimspound

Archaeological site

Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement, situated on Dartmoor in Devon, England. It consists of a set of 24 hut circles surrounded by a low stone wall.

Hookney Tor

Peak

Photo: AnnaOurLittleAlice, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hookney Tor is a tor, situated on Dartmoor in Devon, England. It lies on the Two Moors Way and remains of Headland Warren farm and Vitifer Mine are also in the valley nearby.

Bennett’s Cross

Wayside cross

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bennett’s Cross is a wayside cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birch Tor and Vitifer mine and Statts Bridge.

Birch Tor and Vitifer mine

Locality

Photo: Charles Drown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Birch Tor and Vitifer mine was a tin mine on Dartmoor, Devon, England. Located in the valley of the Redwater Brook, to the east of the B3212 Moretonhampstead to Princetown road, below the Warren House Inn, the mine was worked between the mid–18th century and 1925.

Statts Bridge

Locality

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Statts Bridge is a locality.

Postbridge

Village

Photo: Brian Henman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Postbridge is a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It lies on the B3212, roughly midway between Princetown and Moretonhampstead.

Challacombe Down

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,519 feet
Category: landform
Location: Manaton, Teignbridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.60928° or 50° 36′ 33″ north

Longitude

-3.85232° or 3° 51′ 8″ west

Elevation

1,519 feet (463 metres)

Open location code

9C2RJ45X+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 329485220

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12618232

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Challacombe Down and Golden Dagger Mine.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tinners Heap and Tinners Heap.

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