Charcoal / Saltpetre Works
Charcoal / Saltpetre Works is an industrial building in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Charcoal / Saltpetre Works is situated nearby to the ruins Safety Check House, as well as near the heritage site Powder Mills.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn and Wistman’s Wood.
Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn
Industrial building
Photo: Smalljim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn is an industrial building, which is situated 850 feet northwest of Charcoal / Saltpetre Works.
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.
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.
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 Charcoal / Saltpetre Works.
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 2 miles northeast of Charcoal / Saltpetre Works.
Charcoal / Saltpetre Works
- Type: Industrial building
- Categories: 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
50.57784° or 50° 34′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.93781° or 3° 56′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C2RH3H6+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 442414656OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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