5 miles from Woodland Parish

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

5 miles from Woodland 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.

7 miles from Woodland 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.

8 miles from Woodland Parish

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

9 miles from Woodland 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.

12 miles from Woodland Parish

Picturesquely sited on the quayside at Darmouth, this Tudor artillery fort once contained heavy guns to protect the prosperous harbour town from attack.