English Heritage sites near Peter Tavy Parish
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
3 miles from Peter Tavy 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.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
4 miles from Peter Tavy 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.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
7 miles from Peter Tavy Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
10 miles from Peter Tavy Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
GRIMSPOUND
11 miles from Peter Tavy 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.
DUPATH WELL
11 miles from Peter Tavy Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
Churches in Peter Tavy Parish
St Peter
Pubs in Peter Tavy Parish
Peter Tavy Inn
Lane Head, Peter Tavy, PL19 9NN
(01822) 810348
petertavyinn.com