Cow Castle
Cow Castle is a peak in Exmoor National Park, West Somerset District, England and has an elevation of 1,089 feet. Cow Castle is situated nearby to the locality Great Ferny Ball, as well as near Winstitchen.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
Ruins
Photo: martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
St Luke’s Church, Simonsbath
Church
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.
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 but with a population, at the time of the 2001 census, of 203 in 78 households, reducing to 156 at the 2011 census.
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.
Hawkridge
Village
Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hawkridge is a village, which is situated 6 miles southeast of Cow Castle.
Cow Castle
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,089 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Exmoor National Park, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.12279° or 51° 7′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.72464° or 3° 43′ 29″ westElevation
1,089 feet (332 metres)Open location code
9C3R47FG+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 2426853224OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12620384
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