River Burn, Devon

Fallen tree in the River Burn

The River Burn is a little river on Dartmoor, in western Devon. It is a tributary of the River Tavy, which river it joins at Pitts Cleave, immediately north-east of Tavistock.

The river rises in the north of Black Down (the slopes of Gibbet Hill) just south of Lydford and runs south-west to North Brentor, followed by the West Devon Way long-distance walking route. Running down the valley of the stream is the course of a railway, now dismantled, all the way to Tavistock.

Location

• Location map:50°33’51"N, 4°7’27"W

References

• Armstrong, Robin: 'The Painted Stream' (Dent, 1985) ISBN 0-460-04702-7