Thornemead Hill

Thornemead Hill is a hill in Exford, West Somerset District, England and has an elevation of 1,352 feet. Thornemead Hill is situated nearby to the village Simonsbath, as well as near Withypool.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cow Castle and Wheal Eliza Mine.

Cow Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Maurice Clements, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cow Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 5.75 kilometres West South West of Exford, Somerset, England within the Exmoor National Park. It is a Scheduled Monument.

Wheal Eliza Mine was an unsuccessful copper and iron mine on the River Barle near Simonsbath on Exmoor in the English county of Somerset. The first mining activity on the site may be from 1552. Wheal Eliza Mine is situated 1½ miles west of Thornemead Hill.

St Luke’s Church, Simonsbath

Church

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St Luke's Church is a Church of England church in Simonsbath, Exmoor, Somerset, England. The church, which was designed by Henry Clutton and built in 1855–56, has been a Grade II listed building since 1959. St Luke’s Church, Simonsbath is situated 2½ miles northwest of Thornemead Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Simonsbath and Exford.

Simonsbath

Village

Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Simonsbath is a small village high on Exmoor in the English county of Somerset. It is the principal settlement in the Exmoor civil parish, which is the largest and most sparsely populated civil parish on Exmoor, covering nearly 32 square miles with a population, at the time of the 2001 census, of 203 in 78 households, reducing to 156 at the 2011 census. Simonsbath is situated 2½ miles northwest of Thornemead Hill.

Exford

Village

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Exford is a rural village at the centre of Exmoor National Park, 7 miles north-west of Dulverton, and 10 miles south-west of Minehead, in Somerset, England. Exford is situated 3 miles east of Thornemead Hill.

Bentwitchen

Hamlet

Bentwitchen is a hamlet in Devon, England. Bentwitchen is situated 5 miles southwest of Thornemead Hill.

Thornemead Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,352 feet
Category: landform
Location: Exford, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.12468° or 51° 7′ 29″ north

Longitude

-3.70308° or 3° 42′ 11″ west

Elevation

1,352 feet (412 metres)

Open location code

9C3R47FW+VQ

GeoNames ID

12620382

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