Cowsic Head
Cowsic Head is a spring in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Cowsic Head is situated nearby to the archaeological site Beardown Man standing stone, as well as near the peak Devil’s Tor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dartmoor National Park and Cut Hill.
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.
Cut Hill
Peak
Photo: Chris Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cut 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 Hangingstone Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the northeast.
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 2½ miles southeast of Cowsic Head.
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 Cowsic Head.
Lower Cherrybrook Bridge
Locality
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Cherrybrook Bridge is a locality, which is situated 4 miles southeast of Cowsic Head.
Bellever
Hamlet
Photo: Nthep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bellever is a hamlet in Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is located on the river East Dart about 2 kilometres south of Postbridge. The first mention of a settlement at this location is in a Duchy of Cornwall record from 1355 which gives the name of a farm here as Welford, a contraction of wielle and ford. Bellever is situated 4 miles southeast of Cowsic Head.
Cowsic Head
- Type: Spring
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.60709° or 50° 36′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.98878° or 3° 59′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C2RJ246+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 771266385OpenStreetMap feature
natural=spring
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