Lower Blackaton

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grimspound and Hookney Tor.

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 Lower Blackaton.

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 Lower Blackaton.

Saxon Well, about 25 metres west of the vicarage gate on the opposite side of the road

Place of worship

Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Saxon Well, about 25 metres west of the vicarage gate on the opposite side of the road is a place of worship, which is situated 1½ miles southeast 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.