Brown’s House Top
Brown’s House Top is a hill in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England and has an elevation of 1,768 feet. Brown’s House Top is situated nearby to the village Postbridge, as well as near the hamlet Bellever.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dartmoor National Park and Wistman’s Wood.
Dartmoor National Park
Dartmoor National Park covers a large area of Devon in the West Country of England. It provides opportunities for geocaching, whitewater kayaking and canoeing in the winter months, rock climbing on the granite tors and outcrops, cycling, and angling for wild brown trout, sea trout and salmon.
Wistman’s Wood
Deciduous forest
Photo: alex jane, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wistman's Wood is one of Britain's last remaining ancient temperate rainforests and one of three remote high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor in Devon, England. Wistman’s Wood is situated 2 miles south of Brown’s House Top.
Cut Hill
Peak
Photo: Chris Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cut Hill is a hill in North Dartmoor in the southwest English county of Devon. At 603 metres high, it is the joint third highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor, together with Hangingstone Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the northeast. Cut Hill is situated 1½ miles northwest of Brown’s House Top.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Postbridge and Bellever.
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. Postbridge is situated 2½ miles east of Brown’s House Top.
Bellever
Hamlet
Photo: Nthep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bellever is a hamlet in Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is located on the river East Dart about 2 kilometres south of Postbridge. The first mention of a settlement at this location is in a Duchy of Cornwall record from 1355 which gives the name of a farm here as Welford, a contraction of wielle and ford. Bellever is situated 3 miles southeast of Brown’s House Top.
Statts Bridge
Locality
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Statts Bridge is a locality, which is situated 3½ miles east of Brown’s House Top.
Brown’s House Top
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,768 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.60696° or 50° 36′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.95984° or 3° 57′ 35″ westElevation
1,768 feet (539 metres)Open location code
9C2RJ24R+Q3GeoNames ID
12622790
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