Cosdon Hill, Dartmoor National Park

Name: Cosdon Hill
Address: Dartmoor National Park, United Kingdom

#21 among attractions in Dartmoor National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Cosdon Hill, also called Cosdon Beacon, or Cawsand Beacon, is one of the highest hills on Dartmoor, in Devon, England. It has numerous traces of prehistoric occupation. ()

Elevation: 1804 ftCoordinates: 50°42'25"N, 3°55'59"W

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Cosdon Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Okehampton Castle, Castle Drogo, Finch Foundry, Museum of Dartmoor Life.

3.7 miNW
Forts and castles, View point, Ruins
Okehampton Castle, Dartmoor National Park
94 min walk • Okehampton Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in Devon, England. It was built between 1068 and 1086 by Baldwin FitzGilbert following a revolt in Devon against Norman rule, and formed the centre of the Honour of Okehampton, guarding a crossing point across the West Okement River.
5.4 miE
20th-century castle with medieval flair
Castle Drogo, Chagford
138 min walk • Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it was the last castle to be built in England.
1.7 miN
Historical and heritage tours, Tours, Museum
Finch Foundry, Okehampton
43 min walk • Finch Foundry is a 19th-century water-powered forge situated in the village of Sticklepath near Okehampton, Devon, England. It was originally used to produce agricultural and mining hand tools and at its peak produced around 400 edge-tools a day.
3.8 miNW
History museum, Museum
Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton
97 min walk • The Museum of Dartmoor Life is a local museum in Okehampton, Devon, southwest England. It covers life in the Dartmoor area. The museum opened in 1981. It is housed on three floors in an early 19th-century mill and there is a waterwheel at the museum.
6.5 miSE
Zoo, Farm, Park
Miniature Pony Centre, Dartmoor National Park
167 min walk • The Miniature Pony Centre is a farm tourist attraction based in the center of the Dartmoor National Park, near Moretonhampstead. Originally, the land was owned by W.H. Smith of the retail chain and he was the first Lord Hambleden who also owned Bovey Castle, formerly the Manor House.
4.4 miW
Bridge
Meldon Viaduct, Dartmoor National Park
114 min walk • Meldon Viaduct carried the London & South Western Railway across the West Okement River at Meldon on Dartmoor in Devon, South West England.
3.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Willhays, Dartmoor National Park
96 min walk • High Willhays, or according to some authorities High Willes, is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at 621 metres above sea level, and the highest point in Southern England.
4 miE
Archaeological site
Spinsters' Rock, Dartmoor National Park
104 min walk • Spinsters' Rock is a Neolithic dolmen near Drewsteignton in Devon. It is situated on Shilstone Farm west of the village. It is near the A382 road.
2.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Gidleigh Castle, Dartmoor National Park
73 min walk • Gidleigh Castle was the manor house of the manor of Gidleigh on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, about two miles north-west of the town of Chagford, Devon, England.
4.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Amicombe Hill, Dartmoor National Park
127 min walk • Amicombe Hill, also known as the Devil's Dome, is a hill in North Dartmoor in the southwest English county of Devon. At 584 metres high, it is the sixth highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor.
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Yes Tor, Dartmoor National Park
90 min walk • Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres above sea level. It is one of only two wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other being nearby High Willhays—that are above 2,000 feet.