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in the town of Challacombe, in the county of Devon

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About Grimspound

Dartmoor often makes its visitors uneasy with haunting tales of terror as immortalised in the stories of Conan Doyle, and this well preserved Bronze-Age village secreted away in a fold of the moor is no exception. It is where Sherlock Holmes supposedly hid in the Hound of the Baskervilles.

Grimspound lies in a lonely location between Hookney and Hameldown Tors, it is the remains of a Bronze-Age village with stone formations of what accounts for around 24 huts, all enclosed within an enclosure wall.

This is a fascinating site, giving clues as to how our distant relatives (2500-600BC) lived. The site was originally discovered in excavations of the 1890's by the Dartmoor Excavation Committee. At the time relics such as a flint knife, pottery, flint scrappers, hearth stones, cooking pits and a polishing stone were found.

Grimspound makes an exciting visit, even if ancient sites are not for you, this one is worth visiting for the sheer exhilaration of the moors and the outstanding moor-land views.
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Recommended towns near Grimspound

Postbridge in the county of Devon (3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction W)
Postbridge is a tiny hamlet, yet this richly wooded area, at the heart of the moor has become a natural starting point for the thousands of visitors who annually come to explore the splendour and wonders of the moor.
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Chagford in the county of Devon (4.1 miles, 6.7 km, direction N)
With haunting scenery, quaint cottages, pretty streets and alleyways Chagford has something for everyone.
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Buckland in the Moor in the county of Devon (5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction S)
This is one of Devon's "dream villages" with an attractive small church dating from the 13th century and a cluster of picturesque thickly thatched country cottages with the most "English" of country gardens.
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Gidleigh in the county of Devon (5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction N)
The small wooded village of Gidleigh stands in superb wooded countryside at the heart of the Dartmoor National Park.
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Dartmeet in the county of Devon (5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction S)
A popular tourist and beauty spot on Dartmoor. It is the meeting point of the two major tributaries of the River Dart: the East...
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Drewsteignton in the county of Devon (6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction N)
This attractive village is one of the most beautifully laid out of all Devon villages with pretty cottages set around a fine village square.
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Two Bridges in the county of Devon (6.7 miles, 10.7 km, direction SW)
Two Bridges is the junction of the two major routes across central Dartmoor, and thus attracts a lot of visitors in the summer.
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Princetown in the county of Devon (8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction SW)
Princetown is the highest village within the Dartmoor National Park, some call it the bleakest centre of the moors which is probably largely due to the town being the home of notorious Dartmoor Prison.
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Okehampton in the county of Devon (11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction NW)
There has been a settlement at Okehampton since the Bronze-Age, later it became a prosperous Saxon town with the Saxon Lords being overthrown at the time of the Conquest.
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Yelverton in the county of Devon (13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction SW)
Yelverton, by-passed by the picturesque River Meavy is situated on the south-western fringes of Dartmoor. It is a quaint little town surrounded by fine scenery with easy access to some of the loveliest places on Dartmoor.
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Nearby travel help

Newton Abbot Station	(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction SE)
Yeoford Station	(12.3 miles, 19.7 km, direction NE)
M5 Junction 31	(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction E)
Plymouth City Airport	(17.8 miles, 28.7 km, direction SW)
M5 Junction 30	(17.8 miles, 28.7 km, direction E)
Exeter Airport	(20.1 miles, 32.4 km, direction NE)
Grimspound to London	(173.1 miles, 278.4 km, direction E)

Accommodation & Hotels near Grimspound

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Bovey Castle	(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction NE)
The Edgemoor Country House Hotel And Restaurant	(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction E)
Two Bridges Hotel	(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction SW)
Sampsons Farm Country Hotel	(10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction E)
Fox & Hounds Hotel	(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction W)
Lord Haldon Hotel	(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction E)
Passage House Hotel	(12.0 miles, 19.2 km, direction SE)
Cott Inn	(13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction SE)
The Old School Guesthouse	(13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction SW)
Exeter Court Hotel	(13.6 miles, 21.9 km, direction E)
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