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Watchet Hill Cottage Ruins

Watchet Hill Cottage Ruins

Recommended by 29 hikers out of 31

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Dartmoor National Park

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    1. Okehampton & Belstone Tor loop — Dartmoor National Park

    14.3km

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

    Intermediate

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    August 13, 2019

    Watchet Hill Cottage, also know as The Black House, is the remotest house in Belstone parish, and last occupied in the mid 1960s.  Built over 120 years ago, Eden Phillpotts stayed here to soak up the atmosphere before making the house one of the main locations in his famous novel The Secret Woman, published in 1905.

      April 29, 2021

      Old ruined cottage in the middle of nowhere.

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        Location: Belstone, West Devon, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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