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Scowles Gloucestershire Map

Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West

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Place	Scowles
Traditional County	Gloucestershire
District / Borough	Forest of Dean
Region	South West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	51.795568
Longitude	-2.637411
Place Type	Hamlet

About Scowles

Scowles commands a landscape defined by the jagged, ancient scars of iron ore extraction that have long since surrendered to the encroaching emerald of the Forest of Dean. It lies 0.9 miles west of Coleford (from Coleford: bearing 281°T, OS grid SO 561 109). The earth here is hollowed and uneven, revealing the deep, moss-lined chasms that give the terrain its distinctive, broken character. A short distance to the north, the protected canopy of Dingle Wood SSSI offers a quiet sanctuary where the light filters through the leaves in sharp, angular shafts. Further north-west, the Scheduled Monument of Scowles in Dingle Wood preserves the remnants of prehistoric mining, where the ground remains twisted and curious beneath the heavy timber. These deep, geological fissures act as silent witnesses to an industrial past that has been reclaimed by thickets of bramble and fern. Scowles endures as a rugged fragment of Gloucestershire, where the silence is broken only by the sudden call of a bird or the shifting of loose, iron-rich stone. The entire district holds a gravity born of centuries of toil, now softened by the patient, persistent growth of the woodland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dingle Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.3 mi, 005° N · 10 ha
Scowles In Dingle Wood 560M North West Of Scowles Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 331° NNW · 3 ha
Scowles In Blake'S Wood 870M North West Of Scowles Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 338° NNW · 8 ha
Marion's Inclosure (Forest / Woodland) — 0.7 mi, 003° N
Whitecliff Iron Works (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 136° SE
Whitecliff Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 0.7 mi, 137° SE
Ellis Reddings Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.9 mi, 021° NNE
Swan Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 256° WSW
Studio Cinema (Cinema) — 0.9 mi, 104° ESE
Mushet Brothers Memorial (Public Artwork) — 0.9 mi, 101° E
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 107° ESE
Crow Ash (Park) — 1.2 mi, 047° NE
Bells Field (Park) — 1.2 mi, 098° E
Swanpool Wood And Furnace Grove Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 258° WSW · 14 ha
Berry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 027° NNE
Buck Stone (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 303° WNW
Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 263° W
Perrygrove Railway (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 127° SE
Puzzlewood (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 132° SE
Hooper's Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 057° ENE
Ninewells Bottom (Valley) — 1.9 mi, 046° NE
Clearwell Caves (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 150° SSE
Clearwell Castle (Castle) — 2.1 mi, 165° SSE
Dark Hill (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 126° SE
Lady Park Wood (National Nature Reserve) — 2.3 mi, 340° NNW · 45 ha
Hopewell Colliery (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 083° E
Wye Valley (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) — 2.9 mi, 343° NNW · 327 ha
Cannop Brook (River) — 3.0 mi, 098° E
Ruddle Marsh (Wetland) — 3.1 mi, 069° ENE
Symonds Yat Rock (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 002° N

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