Pickwell, Devon

Pickwell
A view of Pickwell
Pickwell is located in Devon
Pickwell
Pickwell
Location within Devon
OS grid referenceSS457409
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRAUNTON
Postcode districtEX33
Dialling code01271
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51°08′49″N 4°12′24″W / 51.1469°N 4.2067°W / 51.1469; -4.2067

Pickwell is a small settlement with a converted manor house in the civil parish of Georgeham, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England.

Pickwell lies between the village of Georgeham and the coast above Woolacombe and Putsborough beach, close to the South West Coast Path. It gives its name to the Pickwell Down Sandstones Formation which are red and brown sandstones with shales which extend from the hills of Pickwell Down and Woolacombe Down overlooking Morte Bay east-southeastwards to Muddiford and Bratton Fleming.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Pickwell Down Sandstones Formation". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  2. ^ Brown, Anthony; Bennett, Jenny; Rhodes, Edward (2009). "Roman mining on Exmoor: a geomorphological approach at Anstey's Combe, Dulverton" (PDF). Environmental Archaeology. 14 (1): 50–61. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.506.1731. doi:10.1179/174963109X400673.