Things To Do near East Hill
Easdon Hill, North Bovey, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Easdon Down is, roughly speaking, a circular island of moorland. It rises to a broad, flat ridge. Easdon Tor and Whooping Rock are to the west of the ridge. The granite stack of Figgie Daniel is to the east. The Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map marks the east side as Easdon Hill. As such...
Little Mis Tor, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Many of Dartmoor's most impressive tors have much smaller satellite outcrops a bit like planets with their moons. Great Links Tor has Little Links Tor. Great Staple Tor has Middle Staple Tor and Little Staple Tor. The vast bulk of Great Mis Tor has Little Mis Tor. Situated just south of Great Mis...
Best Dartmoor Picnic Spots, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Popular picnic spots with public toilet in the area Spitchwick (Deeper Marsh/Spitchwick Common). Picnic on the bank of the River Dart. This is the most popular picnic spot on Dartmoor. Beautiful, great for wild swimming but gets packed on sunny days. There's a public toilet at the New Bridge/Newb...
Bellever Tor & Forest Circular Walk, Bellever, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Bellever Tor Explore the heart of Dartmoor around Bellever Tor. The tor is a local beauty spot known for its excellent panoramic views. We describe lots of different routes to this beauty spot in our Bellever Tor listing. The circular walk outlined below takes in forest, moorland and tors...
Berry Pound, Widecombe in the Moor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
'On the Widecombe side of the little stream, which runs through a hollow, is the enclosure known as Berry Pound ... The area covered is very much smaller than that occupied by Grim's Pound, and the vallum is low and not of great width'.
Roos Tor, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Roos is the northernmost tor in a cluster of outcrops on the western side of Dartmoor National Park. It's near the stunning and much photographed Great Staple Tor and overlooks Langstone Moor with its stone circle, standing stone and stone row. Great Mis Tor dominates to the east. The view north alo...
Single Barrow, Widecombe in the Moor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
The Dartmoor expert William Crossing writes 'this tumulus was opened in 1873 by the late Mr. C. Spence Bate, and was found to consist of earth with the exception of a low hedge of stones which encircled it, and a low cairn in the centre. About six feet from the latter a small heap of burnt human...
Figgie Daniel, North Bovey, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Bowerman's Nose is, arguably, the most famous stack of granite in Dartmoor National Park. It rises from a jumble of rock at the north west side of Hayne Down. Hayne Down is one of a number of islands of moorland surrounded by farmland and fields near the main mass of Dartmoor's high moo...
Bellever Tor, Bellever, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Look at the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map and you'll see Bellever Tor marked as a beauty spot providing panoramic views of the National Park. Situated in the heart of Dartmoor overlooking Bellever Forest, the tor is near Postbridge and its famous Postbridge Clapper Bridge. Given...
Brentor Hillfort, North Brentor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Brentor Hillfort is one of Dartmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.
Mardon Down Cairn Circle, Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
There are many heavily weathered cairns on Mardon Down. In addition, there's a particularly fine cairn circle.
Brentor, North Brentor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Brentor is one of Dartmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.
Brentor St Michael de Rupe Church, North Brentor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Brentor St Michael de Rupe Church is one of Dartmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.
Hamel Down, Widecombe in the Moor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
Drive along the A30 that skirts the northern boundary of Dartmoor National Park and you'll see the unmistakable dome of Cosdon Hill topped by Cosdon Beacon. Further south, towards the heart of the National Park is the equally vast Hamel Down topped by a tor, barrows and its own beacon. The views fro...
Mardon Down Giant's Grave, Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 11 miles away)
According to Phil Newman in his excellent 'The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor', 'it was Dean Jeremiah Milles of Exeter, President of the Society of Antiquaries, who first undertook archaeological fieldwork on Dartmoor barrows in 1752 on Mardon Down (Grinsell 1978, 87), and the literature of the early...