Roosthitchen Cairn

Roosthitchen Cairn is an archaeological site in Challacombe, North Devon, England. Roosthitchen Cairn is situated nearby to the geographical marker Edgerley Stone, as well as near the archaeological site South Regis Common Round Barrow.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shoulsbury castle and Black Venus.

Shoulsbury castle

Archaeological site

Shoulsbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort close to Challacombe in Devon, England. It takes the form of a multi-ditch and rampart enclosure close to the top of a hill on the shoulder of Shoulsbarrow Common at an elevation of 472 metres above sea level. Shoulsbury castle is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Roosthitchen Cairn.

Black Venus

Pub

Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Black Venus is a pub, which is situated 2 miles west of Roosthitchen Cairn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Simonsbath and Bentwitchen.

Simonsbath

Village

Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Simonsbath is a small village high on Exmoor in the English county of Somerset. It is the principal settlement in the Exmoor civil parish, which is the largest and most sparsely populated civil parish on Exmoor, covering nearly 32 square miles with a population, at the time of the 2001 census, of 203 in 78 households, reducing to 156 at the 2011 census. Simonsbath is situated 3 miles east of Roosthitchen Cairn.

Bentwitchen

Hamlet

Bentwitchen is a hamlet in Devon, England. Bentwitchen is situated 4 miles south of Roosthitchen Cairn.

High Bray

Hamlet

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Bray is a village, church of England parish and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brayford, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. High Bray is situated 4 miles southwest of Roosthitchen Cairn.

Roosthitchen Cairn

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Challacombe, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.14635° or 51° 8′ 47″ north

Longitude

-3.82848° or 3° 49′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C3R45WC+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1124808867

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Edgerley Stone and South Regis Common Round Barrow.

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