Blackaton Cross

Blackaton Cross is a locality in Widecombe in the Moor, Teignbridge District, England. Blackaton Cross is situated near the hamlet Lower Blackaton, as well as near the locality Rowden Cross.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Church House Sexton’s Cottage and Grimspound.

Church House Sexton’s Cottage

Museum

Photo: Vieve Forward, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church House Sexton’s Cottage is a museum.

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. Grimspound is situated 2 miles north of Blackaton Cross.

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. Hookney Tor is situated 2 miles north of Blackaton Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birch Tor and Vitifer mine and Babeny.

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. Birch Tor and Vitifer mine is situated 2 miles northwest of Blackaton Cross.

Babeny

Hamlet

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Babeny is a village in Devon, England. Babeny is situated 2½ miles southwest of Blackaton Cross.

Ponsworthy

Hamlet

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ponsworthy is a hamlet on the eastern side of Dartmoor, Devon, England. It lies in the steep valley of the West Webburn River about 3.5 km southwest of the village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor. Ponsworthy is situated 2½ miles south of Blackaton Cross.

Blackaton Cross

Type: Locality
Location: Widecombe in the Moor, Teignbridge District, Dartmoor, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.58561° or 50° 35′ 8″ north

Longitude

-3.84083° or 3° 50′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C2RH5P5+6M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 119997826

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lower Blackaton and Rowden Cross.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hameldown Beacon and Two Barrows.

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