Bennett’s Cross
Bennett’s Cross is a wayside cross in North Bovey, Teignbridge District, England. Bennett’s Cross is situated nearby to the ruins Beehive Hut (Remains), as well as near the locality Birch Tor and Vitifer mine.Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grimspound and Warren House Inn.
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 1¼ miles east of Bennett’s Cross.
Warren House Inn
Pub
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Warren House Inn is a remote and isolated public house in the heart of Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is the highest pub in southern England at 1,425 feet above sea level, and is the second highest pub in all England. Warren House Inn is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Bennett’s 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birch Tor and Vitifer mine and Statts Bridge.
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.
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 southwest of Bennett’s Cross.
Bennett’s Cross
- Type: Wayside cross
- Description: a wayside cross on the south side of the B3212, 900m north east of the Warren House Inn
- Category: historic site
- Location: North Bovey, Teignbridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.61939° or 50° 37′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.86722° or 3° 52′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C2RJ49M+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 330285322OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_crossWikidata ID
Q17648508
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Highlights include Beehive Hut (Remains) and Engine house and chimney base.
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