Beardown Man standing stone
Beardown Man standing stone is an archaeological site in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Beardown Man standing stone is situated nearby to the peak Devil’s Tor, as well as near Conies Down Tor.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: menhir in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Beardown Man” and “Standing Stone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dartmoor National Park and Wistman’s Wood.
Dartmoor National Park
Dartmoor National Park covers a large area of Devon in the West Country of England. It provides opportunities for geocaching, whitewater kayaking and canoeing in the winter months, rock climbing on the granite tors and outcrops, cycling, and angling for wild brown trout, sea trout and salmon.
Wistman’s Wood
Deciduous forest
Photo: alex jane, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wistman's Wood is one of Britain's last remaining ancient temperate rainforests and one of three remote high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor in Devon, England. Wistman’s Wood is situated 2 miles southeast of Beardown Man standing stone.
Beardown Tors
Peak
Photo: Jblackford97, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beardown Tors is the 14th highest summit of Dartmoor with a height of 513 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Postbridge and Lower Cherrybrook Bridge.
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 3½ miles east of Beardown Man standing stone.
Lower Cherrybrook Bridge
Locality
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Cherrybrook Bridge is a locality, which is situated 3½ miles southeast of Beardown Man standing stone.
Princetown
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Princetown is a village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park. At around 435 m above sea level, Princetown is the highest settlement on the moor.
Beardown Man standing stone
- Categories: menhir, 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
50.59946° or 50° 35′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.98507° or 3° 59′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C2RH2X7+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 659578655OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q17646064
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to German—“Beardown Man standing stone” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Beardown Man”
- Bavarian: “Standing Stone”
- French: “Beardown Man”
- French: “Standing Stone”
- German: “Beardown Man”
- German: “Standing Stone”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Devil’s Tor and Devils Tor Outcrop.
Nearby Places
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