English Heritage sites near Sheepstor Parish
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
1 miles from Sheepstor Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
5 miles from Sheepstor 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.
ROYAL CITADEL, PLYMOUTH
10 miles from Sheepstor Parish
A dramatic 17th-century fortress built to defend the coastline from the Dutch, and keep watch on a recently rebellious town. Still in use by the military today.
GRIMSPOUND
12 miles from Sheepstor 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.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
12 miles from Sheepstor 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.
DUPATH WELL
12 miles from Sheepstor Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
Churches in Sheepstor Parish
St Leonard's, Sheepstor
No churches found in Sheepstor Parish