English Heritage sites near Okehampton Hamlets Parish
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
0 miles from Okehampton Hamlets Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
7 miles from Okehampton Hamlets Parish
Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th-century tower on a mound, built as a prison.
GRIMSPOUND
11 miles from Okehampton Hamlets Parish
The best known of many Dartmoor prehistoric settlements, Grimspound dates from the late Bronze Age. The remains of 24 stone houses survive within a massive boundary wall.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
12 miles from Okehampton Hamlets Parish
The group of monuments at Merrivale is one of the finest on Dartmoor: side by side here are the remains of a Bronze Age settlement and a complex of ritual sites.
HOUND TOR DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
14 miles from Okehampton Hamlets Parish
The remains of four 13th century stone farmsteads, on land originally farmed in the Bronze Age. This isolated Dartmoor hamlet was probably abandoned in the early 15th century.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
16 miles from Okehampton Hamlets Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
No churches found in Okehampton Hamlets Parish
Pubs in Okehampton Hamlets Parish
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