English Heritage sites near Virginstow Parish
LAUNCESTON CASTLE
6 miles from Virginstow 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.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
10 miles from Virginstow 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.
PENHALLAM MANOR
10 miles from Virginstow Parish
The low and grass-covered but complete ground-plan of a moated 13th-century manor house, in a delightful woodland setting.
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
13 miles from Virginstow Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
DUPATH WELL
15 miles from Virginstow Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
HURLERS STONE CIRCLES
15 miles from Virginstow Parish
Three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England.
Churches in Virginstow Parish
Virginstow: St Bridget
Virginstow
St Giles on the Heath
07802 732494
Welcome to the parish church of Virginstow: St Bridget in the Anglican Diocese of Truro and county of Devon England.
We are one of five churches in the Boyton Benefice, each with a different service pattern.
No churches found in Virginstow Parish