Hew Down

Places of Interest

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.

Shovel Down

Peak

Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shovel Down is an area of Dartmoor in Devon that is covered in megaliths including the remains of several stone rows, the Fourfold Stone Circle, and several standing stones.

Places in the Area

Batworthy

Hamlet

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Batworthy is a village in Devon, England. Batworthy is situated 1½ miles east of Hew Down.

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 2½ miles northeast of Hew Down.

Throwleigh

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Throwleigh is a village and civil parish located 3 miles from Chagford and 6 miles from Okehampton, in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Throwleigh is situated 3½ miles northeast of Hew Down.

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