Watch House
Watch House is an industrial building in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Watch House 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
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.
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 Watch House.
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 Watch House.
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 Watch House.
Watch House
- 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
50.57733° or 50° 34′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.93846° or 3° 56′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C2RH3G6+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 442414666OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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