Cairn
Cairn is an archaeological site in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Cairn is situated nearby to the military installation Field Telephone Connection, as well as near the peak Hangingstone Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hangingstone Hill and Cranmere Pool.
Hangingstone Hill
Peak
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hangingstone Hill is a hill in North Dartmoor in the southwest English county of Devon. At 603 metres high, it is the joint third highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor, together with Cut Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the southwest.
Cranmere Pool
Pond
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cranmere Pool is a small depression within a peat bog in the northern half of Dartmoor, Devon, England, at grid reference SX604858. It lies 560 metres above sea level on the western flank of Hangingstone Hill, close to the source of the West Okement River, about 500 metres north west of the source of the East Dart River, and about the same distance west of the River Taw's source. Cranmere Pool is situated 1 mile southwest of Cairn.
Scorhill
Photo: Paul Bedson, CC0.
Scorhill Stone Circle is now the common name for Gidleigh Stone Circle or Steep Hill Stone Circle, one of Devon's biggest and most intact stone circles, situated on Gidleigh Common near the village of Gidleigh in the north east of Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom. Scorhill is situated 2½ miles east of Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Batworthy and Rowtor Target Railway.
Batworthy
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Batworthy is a village in Devon, England. Batworthy is situated 2½ miles east of Cairn.
Rowtor Target Railway
Locality
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches. Rowtor Target Railway is situated 3 miles northwest of Cairn.
Gidleigh
Hamlet
Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gidleigh is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Located within Dartmoor National Park, the parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Throwleigh, Chagford and Dartmoor Forest. Gidleigh is situated 3½ miles east of Cairn.
Cairn
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.66248° or 50° 39′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.95811° or 3° 57′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C2RM26R+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4101917839OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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