Foggintor Quarries
Foggintor Quarries is a quarry in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Foggintor Quarries is situated nearby to Swelltor Quarry, as well as near the archaeological site Settlements.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hollow Tor (Rundlestone) and North Hessary Tor.
Hollow Tor (Rundlestone)
Peak
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hollow Tor (Rundlestone) is a peak.
North Hessary Tor
Peak
Photo: Theroadislong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Hessary Tor is a 517 metres hill just above Dartmoor Prison, in Princetown within Dartmoor Forest civil parish, which is in the borough of West Devon, Devon, England.
North Hessary Tor transmitting station
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Standing on the summit of North Hessary Tor in Devon, England is an FM radio and television transmitter which uses antennas on a 196 metres high guyed mast. North Hessary Tor transmitting station is situated 1 mile northeast of Foggintor Quarries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merrivale and Princetown.
Merrivale
Hamlet
Photo: Alex Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Merrivale is a locality in western Dartmoor, in the West Devon district of Devon, England. It is best known for the nearby series of Bronze Age megalithic monuments to the south and a former granite quarry.
Princetown
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Princetown is a village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park. At around 435 m above sea level, Princetown is the highest settlement on the moor.
Two Bridges
Hamlet
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Two Bridges is an isolated location on the river West Dart in the heart of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. It is situated around 2.5 km northeast of Princetown at the intersection of the two roads that cross Dartmoor: one is the old turnpike road which was built across Dartmoor in the late 18th century; the other is the B3357. Two Bridges is situated 3 miles east of Foggintor Quarries.
Foggintor Quarries
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.54443° or 50° 32′ 40″ northLongitude
-4.02547° or 4° 1′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C2QGXVF+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 93879911OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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