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Blatchford Bottom

Valley in Devon South Hams

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Blatchford Bottom

Flooded Pit, Leftlake The extraction pit for china clay.
Flooded Pit, Leftlake Credit: Chris Andrews

Blatchford Bottom, Devon, is a picturesque valley located in the southwestern region of England. Nestled within the beautiful countryside of Devon, this tranquil spot offers visitors a unique blend of natural beauty and historical significance.

The valley is characterized by its rolling hills, lush green meadows, and a meandering river that flows through its heart. The landscape is dotted with charming farmhouses and cottages, adding to the area's rustic charm. The valley is also home to a diverse range of flora and fauna, making it a haven for nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts.

Blatchford Bottom has a rich history that dates back centuries. It was once a thriving farming community, and remnants of this agricultural heritage can still be seen today. Stone walls, old barns, and traditional farm buildings serve as reminders of its past.

For outdoor enthusiasts, Blatchford Bottom offers a plethora of activities. The valley is crisscrossed with walking trails, providing ample opportunities for hikers to explore the stunning countryside. The river that runs through the valley is a popular spot for fishing and canoeing, while the surrounding hills offer excellent opportunities for cycling and horseback riding.

In addition to its natural beauty, Blatchford Bottom is also known for its idyllic rural lifestyle. The local community is tight-knit and welcoming, and visitors can experience the warmth and hospitality of the locals by staying in one of the charming bed and breakfasts or guesthouses in the area.

Overall, Blatchford Bottom, Devon, is a hidden gem that offers a perfect blend of natural beauty, rich history, and a peaceful rural lifestyle. It is a place where visitors can escape the hustle and bustle of city life and immerse themselves in the tranquility of the countryside.

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Images are sourced within 2km of 50.461563/-3.9301042 or Grid Reference SX6364. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Flooded Pit, Leftlake The extraction pit for china clay.
Flooded Pit, Leftlake
The extraction pit for china clay.
Tramway Bridge, Leftlake
Tramway Bridge, Leftlake
Yealm Steps Yealm Steps is a nick point on the River Yealm where the water cascades down a steep boulder-strewn slope. However, it's Summer and the water is low and vegetation high so we don't see much of a cascade. In this photo the water is visible in a couple of places as a flash of white between the boulders.
Yealm Steps
Yealm Steps is a nick point on the River Yealm where the water cascades down a steep boulder-strewn slope. However, it's Summer and the water is low and vegetation high so we don't see much of a cascade. In this photo the water is visible in a couple of places as a flash of white between the boulders.
The Yealm Valley above Yealm Steps Looking upstream from the top of the Yealm Steps waterfall.
The Yealm Valley above Yealm Steps
Looking upstream from the top of the Yealm Steps waterfall.
Yealm Head Looking up towards where the River Yealm rises out of the moorland, not as a single spring but as several rivulets which fan out over the moorland. The streams themselves are hardly visible until you are on top of them being narrow and sunk down into the surrounding peat.
Yealm Head
Looking up towards where the River Yealm rises out of the moorland, not as a single spring but as several rivulets which fan out over the moorland. The streams themselves are hardly visible until you are on top of them being narrow and sunk down into the surrounding peat.
Hook Lake prehistoric stone row A single prehistoric stone row measuring 227m long, including at least 92 mainly medium-sized stones and a few small stones. The row is orientated north to south and leads downslope (south) from a cairn. The southern length of the row is partly incorporated into a prehistoric enclosure wall and at one-point a round house has been built up against one of the row stones. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/hook-lake/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/hook-lake/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Hook Lake prehistoric stone row
A single prehistoric stone row measuring 227m long, including at least 92 mainly medium-sized stones and a few small stones. The row is orientated north to south and leads downslope (south) from a cairn. The southern length of the row is partly incorporated into a prehistoric enclosure wall and at one-point a round house has been built up against one of the row stones. LinkExternal link
Stalldown prehistoric stone row An impressive single prehistoric stone row measuring 859m long, including at least 119 mainly large-sized orthostats stones and a few medium-sized stones. The row is orientated north to south and leads upslope from a kerbed cairn standing at the southern end. The southern part of the row includes only recumbent slabs and the northern length upright stones which were re-erected around 1897. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/stalldown/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/stalldown/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Stalldown prehistoric stone row
An impressive single prehistoric stone row measuring 859m long, including at least 119 mainly large-sized orthostats stones and a few medium-sized stones. The row is orientated north to south and leads upslope from a kerbed cairn standing at the southern end. The southern part of the row includes only recumbent slabs and the northern length upright stones which were re-erected around 1897. LinkExternal link
Upper Erme prehistoric stone row The longest prehistoric stone row in the world is of the single type and measures 3,386m long, including around 922 mainly medium and small-sized stones together with some large orthostats. The stone row passes Erme Pound which is a prehistoric enclosed settlement which was re-used in the historic period. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/upper-erme/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/upper-erme/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Upper Erme prehistoric stone row
The longest prehistoric stone row in the world is of the single type and measures 3,386m long, including around 922 mainly medium and small-sized stones together with some large orthostats. The stone row passes Erme Pound which is a prehistoric enclosed settlement which was re-used in the historic period. LinkExternal link
Upper Erme prehistoric stone row The longest prehistoric stone row in the world is of the single type and measures 3,386m long, including around 922 mainly medium and small-sized stones together with some large orthostats. Row passing a large cairn. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/upper-erme/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/upper-erme/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Upper Erme prehistoric stone row
The longest prehistoric stone row in the world is of the single type and measures 3,386m long, including around 922 mainly medium and small-sized stones together with some large orthostats. Row passing a large cairn. LinkExternal link
Upper Erme prehistoric stone row The longest prehistoric stone row in the world is of the single type and measures 3,386m long, including around 922 mainly medium and small-sized stones together with some large orthostats. Stone row leading from the kerbed cairn (Scale 1m). <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/upper-erme/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/upper-erme/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Upper Erme prehistoric stone row
The longest prehistoric stone row in the world is of the single type and measures 3,386m long, including around 922 mainly medium and small-sized stones together with some large orthostats. Stone row leading from the kerbed cairn (Scale 1m). LinkExternal link
Upper Erme prehistoric stone row and kerbed cairn The longest prehistoric stone row in the world is of the single type and measures 3,386m long, including around 922 mainly medium and small-sized stones together with some large orthostats. The stone row leads from a well preserved kerbed cairn. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/upper-erme/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://stonerows.wordpress.com/gazetteer/region/dartmoor/upper-erme/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Upper Erme prehistoric stone row and kerbed cairn
The longest prehistoric stone row in the world is of the single type and measures 3,386m long, including around 922 mainly medium and small-sized stones together with some large orthostats. The stone row leads from a well preserved kerbed cairn. LinkExternal link
Blatchford Brook Foot Ford prehistoric settlement An enclosed prehistoric settlement probably of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1400 -1000 BC). <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14935" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14935">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Blatchford Brook Foot Ford prehistoric settlement
An enclosed prehistoric settlement probably of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1400 -1000 BC). LinkExternal link
Blatchford Bottom 1 prehistoric settlement Prehistoric settlement including at least eight houses and several fields.
Blatchford Bottom 1 prehistoric settlement
Prehistoric settlement including at least eight houses and several fields.
Pair of prehistoric enclosed settlements at Hook Lake Two Bronze Age enclosures, several houses, cairns and a stone row at Hook Lake. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14936" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14936">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Pair of prehistoric enclosed settlements at Hook Lake
Two Bronze Age enclosures, several houses, cairns and a stone row at Hook Lake. LinkExternal link
Tin streamwork in the Erme Valley The entire valley bottom has been dug over systematically in the search for and collection of tin ore. Much of what is visible is probably early post-medieval in date but some may be medieval. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://earlytin.wordpress.com/thesis-1986/chapter-five-fieldwork-interpretation/extraction-alluvial-streamworks/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://earlytin.wordpress.com/thesis-1986/chapter-five-fieldwork-interpretation/extraction-alluvial-streamworks/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Tin streamwork in the Erme Valley
The entire valley bottom has been dug over systematically in the search for and collection of tin ore. Much of what is visible is probably early post-medieval in date but some may be medieval. LinkExternal link
Tinner's building in the Erme Valley Tinner's buildings provided shelter and storage for those employed in the nearby streamworks. This one is bigger than average perhaps reflecting a larger than normal workforce (Scale 1m). <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://earlytin.wordpress.com/thesis-1986/chapter-five-fieldwork-interpretation/ancillary-buildings/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://earlytin.wordpress.com/thesis-1986/chapter-five-fieldwork-interpretation/ancillary-buildings/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Tinner's building in the Erme Valley
Tinner's buildings provided shelter and storage for those employed in the nearby streamworks. This one is bigger than average perhaps reflecting a larger than normal workforce (Scale 1m). LinkExternal link
Alluvial tin streamwork in the Erme Valley Series of parallel drystone walls (known as stiling) revetting waste dumps thrown up during streamworking operations. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://earlytin.wordpress.com/thesis-1986/chapter-five-fieldwork-interpretation/extraction-alluvial-streamworks/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://earlytin.wordpress.com/thesis-1986/chapter-five-fieldwork-interpretation/extraction-alluvial-streamworks/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Alluvial tin streamwork in the Erme Valley
Series of parallel drystone walls (known as stiling) revetting waste dumps thrown up during streamworking operations. LinkExternal link
Alluvial tin streamwork in the Erme Valley A series of waste dumps revetted by drystone walling known as stiling. The dumps were produced during systematic working of the tin deposits. <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://earlytin.wordpress.com/thesis-1986/chapter-five-fieldwork-interpretation/extraction-alluvial-streamworks/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://earlytin.wordpress.com/thesis-1986/chapter-five-fieldwork-interpretation/extraction-alluvial-streamworks/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Alluvial tin streamwork in the Erme Valley
A series of waste dumps revetted by drystone walling known as stiling. The dumps were produced during systematic working of the tin deposits. LinkExternal link
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Blatchford Bottom is located at Grid Ref: SX6364 (Lat: 50.461563, Lng: -3.9301042)

Administrative County: Devon

District: South Hams

Police Authority: Devon and Cornwall

What 3 Words

///furnish.gilding.duet. Near South Brent, Devon

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