Walkham Head
Walkham Head is a locality in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Walkham Head is situated nearby to the locality Tavy Hole, as well as near Tavy Head.Places of Interest
Highlights include Beardown Man standing stone and Cut Hill.
Beardown Man standing stone
Archaeological site
Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beardown Man standing stone is an archaeological site.
Cut Hill
Peak
Photo: Chris Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cut Hill is a hill in the North Dartmoor region of Devon, England. At 603 metres high, it is the joint third highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor, together with Hangingstone Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the northeast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cudlipptown and Two Bridges.
Cudlipptown
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cudlipptown or Cudliptown is a small village located near the western edge of Dartmoor National Park, northeast of Tavistock, and approximately one mile northeast of Peter Tavy. Cudlipptown is situated 4 miles west of Walkham Head.
Two Bridges
Hamlet
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Two Bridges is an isolated location on the river West Dart in the heart of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. It is situated around 2.5 km northeast of Princetown at the intersection of the two roads that cross Dartmoor: one is the old turnpike road which was built across Dartmoor in the late 18th century; the other is the B3357. Two Bridges is situated 4 miles southeast of Walkham Head.
Merrivale
Hamlet
Photo: Alex Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Merrivale is a locality in western Dartmoor, in the West Devon district of Devon, England. It is best known for the nearby series of Bronze Age megalithic monuments to the south and a former granite quarry. Merrivale is situated 4½ miles southwest of Walkham Head.
Walkham Head
- Type: Locality
- Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.61278° or 50° 36′ 46″ northLongitude
-4.00607° or 4° 0′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C2QJX7V+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 710816840OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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