Lower Blackaton

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

Places of Interest

Highlights: Grimspound and Church House Sexton’s Cottage.

Grimspound

Archaeological site

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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 Lower Blackaton.

Church House Sexton’s Cottage

Museum

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Church House Sexton’s Cottage is a museum, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lower Blackaton.

Hookney Tor

Peak

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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 Lower Blackaton.

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 Lower Blackaton.