English Heritage sites near Thrushelton Parish
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
4 miles from Thrushelton 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.
LAUNCESTON CASTLE
8 miles from Thrushelton 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.
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
9 miles from Thrushelton Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
11 miles from Thrushelton 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.
DUPATH WELL
13 miles from Thrushelton Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
15 miles from Thrushelton Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
Churches in Thrushelton Parish
St George
No churches found in Thrushelton Parish