English Heritage sites near Ashreigney Parish
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
13 miles from Ashreigney Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
20 miles from Ashreigney 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.
GRIMSPOUND
21 miles from Ashreigney 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.
HOUND TOR DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
23 miles from Ashreigney 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.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
25 miles from Ashreigney 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.
LAUNCESTON CASTLE
26 miles from Ashreigney 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.
Churches in Ashreigney Parish
St James
St James,
Ashreigney
01837 83710
St James, Ashreigney is within the Winkleigh Mission Community which includes the parishes of Ashreigney, Winkleigh, Brushford, and Broadwoodkelly.
No churches found in Ashreigney Parish