English Heritage sites near Hennock Parish

Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village

HOUND TOR DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE

6 miles from Hennock 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.

Grimspound

GRIMSPOUND

8 miles from Hennock 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.

Berry Pomeroy Castle

BERRY POMEROY CASTLE

11 miles from Hennock Parish

Tucked away in a steep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is the perfect romantic ruin.

Kirkham House, Paignton

KIRKHAM HOUSE, PAIGNTON

12 miles from Hennock Parish

This late medieval stone house, afterwards split into three cottages was restored in the 1960s.

Totnes Castle

TOTNES CASTLE

12 miles from Hennock 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.

Upper Plym Valley

UPPER PLYM VALLEY

18 miles from Hennock Parish

This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.


Churches in Hennock Parish

St Mary the Virgin
St Paul's Church, Chudleigh Knighton

Pubs in Hennock Parish

Anchor Inn

Plymouth Road, Chudleigh Knighton, TQ13 0EN

Anchor Inn, Chudleigh Knighton
Claycutters Arms

Old School Lane, Chudleigh Knighton, TQ13 0EY
(01626) 853345
claycuttersarms.com/

Grade ll* Listed Building with thatched roof, thought to have been built as a Devon Longhouse, and dating from the mid 1600s. The pub-restaurant is so called as it is in the Bovey Basin, which has been a ball clay mining and exporting area...
Palk Arms

Church Road, Hennock, TQ13 9QB
(01626) 836584
theonlypalkarms.co.uk

This reputedly haunted 16th-century freehouse is situated close to the south-eastern edge of the Dartmoor National Park, in the small village of Hennock. It is situated high above the Teign Valley. From the pub's back dining room, there are...