English Heritage sites near Bickington Parish
HOUND TOR DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
5 miles from Bickington 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.
BERRY POMEROY CASTLE
7 miles from Bickington Parish
Tucked away in a steep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is the perfect romantic ruin.
TOTNES CASTLE
7 miles from Bickington Parish
A classic Norman motte and bailey castle, founded soon after the Conquest to overawe the Saxon town. A later stone shell-keep crowns its steep mound, giving views across the town to the River Dart.
GRIMSPOUND
8 miles from Bickington 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.
KIRKHAM HOUSE, PAIGNTON
9 miles from Bickington Parish
This late medieval stone house, afterwards split into three cottages was restored in the 1960s.
BAYARD'S COVE FORT
14 miles from Bickington Parish
Picturesquely sited on the quayside at Darmouth, this Tudor artillery fort once contained heavy guns to protect the prosperous harbour town from attack.
Churches in Bickington Parish
St Mary the Virgin, Bickington
Bickington
Ashburton
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Pubs in Bickington Parish
Dartmoor Halfway Inn
Ashburton Road, Bickington, TQ12 6JW
(01626) 824011
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