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 Wistman’s Wood and Bellever Tor.
Wistman’s Wood
Deciduous forest
Wistman's Wood is one of Britain's most famous ancient temperate rainforests and one of only a few remote remaining high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor in Devon, England.
Bellever Tor
Peak
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.
Kraps Ring
Archaeological site
Kraps Ring is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Charcoal / Saltpetre Works.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Cherrybrook Bridge and Bellever.
Bellever
Hamlet
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
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″ north
Longitude
-3.93781° or 3° 56′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C2RH3H6+4V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrial
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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