Meldon is a Village in the county of Devon.

Meldon postcode: EX20 4LU

Retail in Meldon

There are great places to visit near Meldon including some great cities, historic buildings, villages, canals, rivers and streams, beaches, geological features, sssis, hiking areas, nature reserves, towns, parks, airports, castles and ruins.

Exeter is one of Meldon's best, nearby cities to visit in Meldon.

Meldon has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

Meldon's best nearby villages can be found at Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

Meldon has some unmissable canals nearby like Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

There are a number of rivers and streams near to Meldon including East Lyn River.

The area around Meldon features a number of interesting beaches including Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

Don't miss Valley of Rocks's geological features if visiting the area around Meldon.

There are a several good sssis in the area around Meldon like Dartmoor.

Hiking Areas to visit near Meldon include Dartmoor.

There are a number of nature reserves near to Meldon including Dartmoor.

Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton are great places to visit near Meldon if you like towns.

Parks to visit near Meldon include Bicton Park.

The area close to Meldon boasts some of the best airports including Exeter Airport.

There are a number of castles near to Meldon including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Ruins to visit near Meldon include Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Meldon History

There are some historic monuments around Meldon:

• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross
• Cist on Whitehorse Hill, 910m south east of Taw Head
• Round cairn 310m SSW of Great Links Tor
• Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke
• Southern White Hill cairnfield
• Ring cairn 50m north-east of White Hill summit forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Stone circle, cairn alignment, cider millstone and boundary ditch 410m south east of Sourton Tors
• Platform cairn 30m north west of Fordsland Ledge
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Three cairns forming the westernmost part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Tor cairn 180m north of High Willhays summit
• Round cairn 340m north of Hare Tor
• Round cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Southern of five cairns forming an outlying part of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 6 and Incline Target Carrier Railway
• Stone hut circle 400m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Eight stone hut circles and a shieling forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
• Round cairn on Standon Hill
• Two stone hut circles and a field 340m south west of Lints Tor
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three stone hut circles situated west of the enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• A small stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
• Round cairn 700m south of Sourton Tors
• Round cairn 240m north of Ger Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors
• Lake Down cairnfield 810m ESE and 780m east of Lake Viaduct
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot
• Tor cairn on High Willhays summit
• Two round cairns 840m south west of Great Nodden
• One of five cairns forming an outlying part of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Round cairn 190m east of Doe Tor summit
• Round cairn on Black Down 410m south west of Anthony Stile
• A cluster of five stone hut circles and associated boundary wall situated within a large enclosure 30m north-east of Ger Tor
• Ring cairn 975m south of Sourton Tors
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• Hillfort and medieval settlement in South Longridge Wood
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Seven cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Wayside cross at Durdon Cross
• Hut circles and a length of enclosure wall, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement 600m east of Nodden Gate
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 540m east of Doe Tor
• Round cairn 250m south east of Standon Farm
• Bowl barrow 350m south of Broomhill
• Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church
• Length of boundary wall and seven stone hut circles forming part of a large enclosure north-east of Ger Tor
• Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• Ring cairn 450m south of Willsworthy Camp
• A stone hut circle forming part of an unenclosed settlement, and tinners' building at Watern Oke
• Two stone hut circles 310m south of Deadlake Foot
• Tor cairn 70m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 770m NNW of Little Links Tor
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Southernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Wayside cross at Bulland Cross
• Ring cairn 660m north west of Little Links Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement 330m south east of Great Nodden
• Three round cairns 420m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Northernmost stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
• Enclosure, two stone hut circles and an alignment of upright stones 780m north west of Little Links Tor
• A double stone hut circle and enclosure 280m south of Deadlake Foot
• Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Experimental Parapets and Redoubt
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields north of Standon Down
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north eastern slope of Steeperton Tor
• Medieval homesteads S of Meldon quarry
• Motte with two baileys and a multivallate hillfort at Burley Wood
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Deserted medieval site N of Okehampton camp
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Stone hut circle 420m south west of Lints Tor
• An alluvial tin streamwork adjacent to the Brim Brook
• Tinners' building 680m north east of Fur Tor
• Round cairn and stone cist 310m south of Walla Brook
• Two partially enclosed stone hut circle settlements and a round cairn on the eastern slope of Oke Tor
• Stone hut circle lying south of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors
• Deserted medieval settlement 750m south of White Hill summit
• Round cairn 50m north west of Yes Tor summit
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• The southernmost of four cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Round cairn on Hangingstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 290m north west of Lints Tor
• Ring cairn 510m south west of Great Nodden
• Round cairn 765m south-west of Great Nodden
• Stone hut circle 610m ESE of Nodden Gate forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Round cairn 340m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• Icework at Sourton Tors
• Stone hut circle settlement 580m north east of White Hill summit
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Tinners' building lying adjacent to the Black Ridge Brook and situated 1540m NNE of Fur Tor
• Gallows Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Churchyard cross 4m south of Honeychurch church
• Leawood Plantation barrow
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Bowl barrow on East Kimber Common, 670m west of Stoney
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Linear and Curved Target Railways on F Range
• Round cairn 60m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 7
• Wayside cross at Eastcombe on the road between Durdon Cross and Eastcombe
• Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down
• Cairnfield and associated earthworks on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Deserted medieval site 1/4 mile (400m) W of Okehampton camp
• Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• Ten stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke
• Two cairns forming an outlying part of a cairnfield on the northern slope of White Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Milestone N of Lower Beardon
• Two cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill
• Alluvial tin streamwork in Lydford Woods
• Okehampton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River.
• Two round cairns 540m ENE of Sourton Tors
• Westernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Enclosure and unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 510m north of Deadlake Foot
• Round cairn 550m SSE of Longstone Hill summit
• Round cairn 750m NNW of East Okement Farm
• An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, three round cairns and a length of reave 650m WSW of Ger Tor
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Ring cairn 1060m south west of Great Nodden
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• Round cairn and cist on Black Down 1.6km east of Higher Bowden
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Two cairns forming the north eastern edge of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Ring cairn 80m north-east of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Guide post at Place Cross
• North easternmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge
• Wayside cross in the garden hedge of Southcott Cottage, at a crossroads called Southcott Cross
• Cairn forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill
• A double stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
• Foxhole Mine and other tinworks south east of Arms Tor
• Round cairn 610m north east of Great Nodden
• Stone cross adjoining Fitz or Fice's Well
• Ring cairn 160m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Stone hut circle 630m north-east of Ger Tor
• Ringwork, castle, town banks, site of Saxon town and defences
• Stone hut circle settlement and enclosures 970m east of Ger Tor
• Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor
• An enclosure boundary wall, thirteen stone hut circles and a round cairn on Nattor Down and Hamlyn's Newtake
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe
• Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit
• Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor
• Eastern of five cairns forming an outlying part of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Cairnfield, irregular aggregate field system, a ring cairn and three round cairns 800m and 920m south of Moorgate Farm
• Sixty stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke
• Eighteen cairns, a length of bank and a recumbent stone forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Stone hut circle 530m ESE of Nodden Gate forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Tinners' building 90m north east of the confluence of the Brim Brook and West Okement River
• Cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill
• Round cairn 140m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Two circular cairns, an ovoid cairn and a ring cairn lying within an enclosure forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Round cairn 230m south-west of White Hill summit forming part of White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Enclosed settlement 420m south of Doetor Farm
• A cluster of five stone hut circles situated within a large enclosure 470m north-east of Ger Tor
• Bowl barrow on Wadland Down
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn and cist forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Two cairns forming the western edge of a cairnfield on the northern slope of White Hill
• Stone hut circle 370m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Enclosure in Parsonage Wood
• Two stone hut circles 1000m north of Standon Down
• Round cairn 700m south-west of Great Nodden
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Two round cairns 715m south-west of Great Nodden
• Churchyard cross 12m south of Sampford Courtenay church
• Ring cairn 460m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• A stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
• The westernmost of four cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill
• Deserted medieval site 1/2 mile (810m) W of Okehampton camp
• Quintin's Man round cairn
• Village cross in Northlew, 40m south west of the church
• Bidlake Mill and leat
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Stone hut circle settlement 280m south-west of Deadlake Foot
• A stone hut circle 50m west of Western Red Lake
• Round cairn 380m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Round cairn 270m west of Great Nodden
• A stone hut circle 430m NE of Ger Tor forming part of a settlement situated within a large enclosure
• Round cairn and stone hut circle 950m south of Sourton Tors
• Round cairn and shelter 140m north west of Yes Tor summit
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Wheal Betsy pumping house
• Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures
• Tor cairn surrounding Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Round cairn 300m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Meldon viaduct