Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn
Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn is an industrial building in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn is situated nearby to the ruins Magazine, as well as near Incorporating mills.Photo: Smalljim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Industrial building
- Description: archaeological site in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Powder Mills”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wistman’s Wood and Kraps Ring.
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.
Kraps Ring
Archaeological site
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kraps Ring is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn.
Bellever Tor
Peak
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bellever Tor is a granite tor in the centre of Dartmoor, England. It provides panoramic 360 degree views and is located near Bellever Forest and the popular village of Bellever. There are numerous Kists and Cairn Circles on its slopes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Cherrybrook Bridge and Bellever.
Lower Cherrybrook Bridge
Locality
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Cherrybrook Bridge is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles south of Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn.
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 1½ miles east of Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn.
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 1½ miles northeast of Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn.
Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn
- Categories: archaeological site, building, ruins, historic site, and industry
- Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.57974° or 50° 34′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.93997° or 3° 56′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C2RH3H6+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 442414645OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q17666409
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