11 miles from Holcombe Burnell 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.

12 miles from Holcombe Burnell 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.

17 miles from Holcombe Burnell Parish

Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.

18 miles from Holcombe Burnell Parish

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

19 miles from Holcombe Burnell Parish

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

20 miles from Holcombe Burnell 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.