Grimspound
Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement, situated on Dartmoor in Devon, England. It consists of a set of 24 hut circles surrounded by a low stone wall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Manaton, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hookney Tor and Easdon Tor.
Hookney Tor
Peak
Photo: AnnaOurLittleAlice, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hookney Tor is a tor, situated on Dartmoor in Devon, England. It lies on the Two Moors Way and remains of Headland Warren farm and Vitifer Mine are also in the valley nearby.
Easdon Tor
Peak
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easdon Tor is a granite tor on Dartmoor, in southwest England. It stands at 439 metres above sea level and the highest point is marked with a triangulation pillar. Easdon Tor is situated 2 miles northeast of Grimspound.
Bennett’s Cross
Wayside cross
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bennett’s Cross is a wayside cross, which is situated 1¼ miles west of Grimspound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birch Tor and Vitifer mine and Statts Bridge.
Birch Tor and Vitifer mine
Locality
Photo: Charles Drown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birch Tor and Vitifer mine was a tin mine on Dartmoor, Devon, England. Located in the valley of the Redwater Brook, to the east of the B3212 Moretonhampstead to Princetown road, below the Warren House Inn, the mine was worked between the mid–18th century and 1925.
Statts Bridge
Locality
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Statts Bridge is a locality, which is situated 2 miles west of Grimspound.
Widecombe in the Moor
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Widecombe in the Moor is a village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park.
Grimspound
- Categories: former settlement, Dartmoor Pound, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: North Bovey, Teignbridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.61325° or 50° 36′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.8379° or 3° 50′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C2RJ576+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 75121475OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q928594
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Italian—“Grimspound” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “葛林斯龐”
- Dutch: “Grimspound”
- French: “Grimspound”
- German: “Grimspound”
- Italian: “Grimspound”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hameldown Tor and Tinners Heap.
Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grimspound”. Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.