Grimspound
United Kingdom /
England /
Ashburton /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Ashburton
World / United Kingdom / England
archaeological site, interesting place, stone circle, English Heritage
Middle Bronze Age Settlement 450m (1476ft) above sea level and adjacent to a fresh water stream. Most likely a farming community and not for defensive purposes, as it lies in a relatively sheltered valley between two tors - Hameldown and Hookney.
English Heritage site, managed by Dartmoor National Park Authority.
www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/grim_pound.htm
English Heritage site, managed by Dartmoor National Park Authority.
www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/grim_pound.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimspound
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°36'47"N 3°50'16"W
- Lustleigh Cleave 5.7 km
- Spitchwick Woods 8.6 km
- Yelverton Air Field 23 km
- Roadford Reservoir 31 km
- The Gefion (Wreck) 42 km
- The Glocliffe (Wreck) 42 km
- The Baygitano (Wreck) 64 km
- St. Austell Bay 72 km
- Lost Gardens of Heligan 78 km
- RRH Portreath 109 km
- Heatree House Activity Centre 2.8 km
- Dartmoor National Park 6.7 km
- Webburn Valley 7.4 km
- Yarner Wood 7.9 km
- White Wood 9 km
- Holne Woods 10 km
- Holne Chase 10 km
- Ausewell Woods 10 km
- Linhay Hill Quarry 12 km
- Hembury Woods 12 km