English Heritage sites near Stowford Parish
LAUNCESTON CASTLE
5 miles from Stowford Parish
Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest, unusual in that during rebuilding one tower was constructed with the remains of the older.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
6 miles from Stowford 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
11 miles from Stowford Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
11 miles from Stowford 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.
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
12 miles from Stowford Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
HURLERS STONE CIRCLES
14 miles from Stowford Parish
Three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England.
No churches found in Stowford Parish