English Heritage sites near Lands common to Bridestowe and Sourton CP's Parish
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
4 miles from Lands common to Bridestowe and Sourton CP's 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.
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
4 miles from Lands common to Bridestowe and Sourton CP's Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
8 miles from Lands common to Bridestowe and Sourton CP's 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.
GRIMSPOUND
10 miles from Lands common to Bridestowe and Sourton CP's 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.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
12 miles from Lands common to Bridestowe and Sourton CP's Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
HOUND TOR DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
13 miles from Lands common to Bridestowe and Sourton CP's 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.
No churches found in Lands common to Bridestowe and Sourton CP's Parish
No churches found in Lands common to Bridestowe and Sourton CP's Parish