Bonehill reveals itself as a rugged collection of granite dwellings caught in the high, thin air of the Devon uplands. It lies 5.1 miles north-north-west of Ashburton (from Ashburton: bearing 336°T, OS grid SX 724 774), and is situated south-south-west of Manaton village. Bonehill commands a position of quiet authority within the protected expanse of Dartmoor National Park, where the horizon is defined by the hard, unyielding geometry of the tors. To the north-east, the slopes of Chinkwell Tor rise sharply, their dark silhouettes casting long, melancholic shadows across the open heather as the afternoon wanes. The East Webburn River traces a cold, hurried path just a short distance away, its waters cutting through the landscape with a persistent, metallic clarity. Ancient remnants of human endurance linger in the vicinity, where the weathered stones of the Hut Circles On Bonehill Down mark a silent, prehistoric boundary against the encroaching gorse. The light here possesses a singular, piercing quality, stripping away artifice to expose the raw, grey bones of the moorland. Time in Bonehill seems to move with the slow, deliberate gravity of the granite itself, indifferent to the hurried pace of the lowlands far below.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bonehill, Devon, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bonehill includes coordinates 50.583029, -3.803145, in the county of Devon, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Bonehill is available on the Bonehill map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Devon weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.