Sheridon Rock

Places of Interest

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.

Withypool Stone Circle

Archaeological site

Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Withypool Stone Circle, also known as Withypool Hill Stone Circle, is a stone circle located on the Exmoor moorland, near the village of Withypool in the southwestern English county of Somerset. Withypool Stone Circle is situated 2½ miles southeast of Sheridon Rock.

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. Wheal Eliza Mine is situated 2 miles northwest of Sheridon Rock.

Places in the Area

Exmoor National Park

Photo: samuir, CC BY 2.0.

Exmoor National Park is situated in the south west of the United Kingdom. It spreads across the north coast of Devon and west Somerset and was one of Britain's first national parks.

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. Simonsbath is situated 3 miles northwest of Sheridon Rock.

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 3½ miles northeast of Sheridon Rock.

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