Pickedstones Farm

Pickedstones Farm is a building in Exmoor National Park, West Somerset District, England. Pickedstones Farm is situated nearby to the archaeological site Cow Castle, as well as near the peak The Calf.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cow Castle and Wheal Eliza Mine.

Cow Castle

Archaeological site

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Cow Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 5.75 kilometres West South West of Exford, Somerset, England within the Exmoor National Park. It is a Scheduled Monument. Cow Castle is situated 2,000 feet west of Pickedstones Farm.

Wheal Eliza Mine

Ruins

Photo: martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wheal Eliza Mine was an unsuccessful copper and iron mine on the River Barle near Simonsbath on Exmoor in the English county of Somerset. The first mining activity on the site may be from 1552. Wheal Eliza Mine is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Pickedstones Farm.

St Luke’s Church, Simonsbath

Church

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St Luke's Church is a Church of England church in Simonsbath, Exmoor, Somerset, England. The church, which was designed by Henry Clutton and built in 1855–56, has been a Grade II listed building since 1959. St Luke’s Church, Simonsbath is situated 2 miles northwest of Pickedstones Farm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Simonsbath and Exford.

Simonsbath

Village

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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 but 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 2 miles northwest of Pickedstones Farm.

Exford

Village

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Exford is a rural village at the centre of Exmoor National Park, 7 miles north-west of Dulverton, and 10 miles south-west of Minehead, in Somerset, England. Exford is situated 3½ miles east of Pickedstones Farm.