Cairn
Cairn is an archaeological site in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Cairn is situated nearby to the spring Walla Brook Head, as well as near the stone Manga Rock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hangingstone Hill and Scorhill.
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.
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 2 miles northeast of Cairn.
Grey Wethers
Archaeological site
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grey Wethers consists of a pair of prehistoric stone circles, situated on grassy plateau to the north of Postbridge, Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom. Grey Wethers is situated 2 miles south of Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Batworthy and Gidleigh.
Batworthy
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Batworthy is a village in Devon, England. Batworthy is situated 2 miles east 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 3 miles northeast 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 4 miles northwest of Cairn.
Cairn
- Type: Archaeological site
- Wheelchair access: no
- 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
50.65819° or 50° 39′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.94088° or 3° 56′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C2RM355+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 4105080923OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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