2 miles from Lewtrenchard 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.

9 miles from Lewtrenchard 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.

9 miles from Lewtrenchard Parish

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

9 miles from Lewtrenchard 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.

12 miles from Lewtrenchard Parish

This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.

13 miles from Lewtrenchard Parish

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