Murchington is a Village in the county of Devon.

Murchington postcode: TQ13 8HJ

Retail in Murchington

There are great places to visit near Murchington 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.

There are a several good cities in the area around Murchington like Exeter.

Murchington's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

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

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

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

Murchington has some unmissable beaches nearby like Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

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

Places near Murchington feature a number of interesting sssis including Dartmoor.

Places near Murchington feature a number of interesting hiking areas including Dartmoor.

Murchington is near some unmissable nature reserves like Dartmoor,

Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton are some of Murchington best towns to visit near Murchington.

Places near Murchington feature a number of interesting parks including Bicton Park.

Airports to visit near Murchington include Exeter Airport.

Berry Pomeroy Castle is one of Murchington's best, nearby castles to visit in Murchington.

The area close to Murchington boasts some of the best ruins including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Murchington History

There are some historic monuments around Murchington:

• Cairn and cist 430m north east of Grimspound
• Chambered cairn 830m south of Buttern
• Two stone hut circles 850m WSW of the confluence of Gallaven Brook and Walla Brook, 1045m north east of the Thirlstone
• Three pillow mounds adjacent to Longaford Tor forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Two hut circles NW of Bush Down
• Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall
• The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge
• Beetor Cross: the site of a wayside cross and a later, 18th century, waymarker 230m south east of Beetor
• An agglomerated enclosed settlement 480m west of Stoneyhurst
• Spinster's Rock
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement 150m south east of Hookney Tor
• Hameldown Beacon barrow
• Two cairns on the summit of Water Hill 450m north west of Warren House Inn
• Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland Tor
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Broadun Ring, 500m north west of Hartland Tor
• Cairn on Hameldown Tor
• Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge
• Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton
• Hut circles on Heatree Down
• Bennett's Cross: a wayside cross on the south side of the B3212, 900m north east of the Warren House Inn
• Five barrows on Hamel Down
• Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Round cairn on Watern Tor
• Cairnfield 790m north west of Stoneyhurst
• Round cairn 530m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 780m south west of Metherall
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Dispersed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields 490m south east of Silk House
• Blowing Mill at Outer Down
• Hut circles E of Pritton
• Round cairn 570m west of Stoneyhurst
• Hut circle 300yds (270m) SW of Meacombe
• Two hut circles E of Foxes Holt
• Stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval shelter 990m north east of Hawthorn Clitter, 1030m east of The Thirlstone
• Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton
• Stone alignment, hut circle settlement, medieval long house and post-medieval farmstead at Assycombe
• Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• Warren in Whiddon Park
• Village cross, Cross Street
• Cairn 190m west of Archerton
• Hut circle NE of Thornworthy Lodge
• Roundy Park prehistoric enclosure and cairn with cist, 560m north east of Archerton
• Stone alignment 260m south of Higher White Tor
• Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344
• Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge
• Blackaton Ball tin mill
• Chambered cairn 430m south of Buttern
• Settlement W of Holwell Tor
• Cairn 500m NNW of Archerton
• Prehistoric settlements, fields and enclosures within the Shapley Common coaxial field system, 770m south of Challacombe Cross
• Round cairn 80m SSW of White Moor stone circle
• A stone hut circle settlement and irregular aggregate field system at the northern tip of Long Ridge
• Stone hut circle 210m east of Scorhill stone circle
• Stone hut circle 450m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons
• Stone hut circle 580m south west of Statts Bridge
• Round cairn and enclosure 930m south of Hound Tor
• Stone hut circle and field system 580m north west of North Creaber, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Hut circles on Bonehill Down
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Round cairn and Headland Warren boundary stone 210m north of Birch Tor
• Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Pound NE of Holwell Tor
• Three agglomerated enclosures containing stone hut circles, a cairn cemetery, post-medieval fields and tinworks on Chagford Common
• Circular enclosure 290m north of Great Parford
• Cairn on Chagford Common 320m west of West Vitifer Mine
• Stone hut circle settlement 290m south east of Manga Rock
• Cist on Whitehorse Hill, 910m south east of Taw Head
• Camp 325yds (300m) SE of Archerton
• Week Down cross: a wayside cross 530m south west of Yellam
• Cranbrook Castle
• Cairnfield 760m west of Stoneyhurst
• Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north eastern slope of Steeperton Tor
• Round cairn 780m south of the Thirlstone
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring
• Leapra Cross: a wayside cross at the entrance to Moor Gate Farm
• Three hut circles E of Bush Down
• Four stone hut circles and associated boundary walls south east of Fernworthy Reservoir, 250m north west of Metherall
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 400m north west of Scorhill stone circle
• Kistvaen 325yds (300m) S of Archerton
• Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy
• Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers
• Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor
• Hut circles on Hedge Down
• Hospit Cross: a wayside cross at Bovey Cross, 900m NNE of North Bovey village
• Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon
• A ring cairn 700m south east of Runnage Bridge, on the southern side of Soussons Down
• Scorhill stone circle, three cairns and a length of reave
• Stone hut circle 140m north west of Higher Shilstone
• Meacombe burial chamber
• Three Headland Warren boundary stones, 350m, 330m and 400m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White Tor
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Hut circles W of Higher Shapley
• A platform cairn 240m NNE of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Deserted medieval settlement at Challacombe
• Quintin's Man round cairn
• Cairn cemetery 880m south west of Wallabrook Bridge
• Tinners' building in Great Stannon Newtake, 810m north west of Stannon Tor
• North Bovey village cross: a wayside cross at the south west end of North Bovey village green
• A partly enclosed stone hut circle settlement on Kennon Hill
• Enclosure 200yds (180m) WSW of Meacombe
• Linscott Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road 280m north west of Howton Farm
• Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Round cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 900m and 940m north west of Warren House Inn
• A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Three stone hut circles 300m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Huts and fields on Hayne Down
• Two cairns on Cator Common
• Stone hut circle 215m south east of Hartland Tor
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• Two Headland Warren boundary stones, 275m and 430m north of Birch Tor
• Cairnfield and field 1030m north west of Archerton
• Three hut circles at north end of Vogwell Down
• Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill
• Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill
• Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks
• Prestonbury Castle (hillfort)
• Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock
• Round cairn on Long Ridge 800m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Two stone hut circle settlements with an irregular aggregate field system east of Rival Tor, 900m south west of Buttern Hill
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements and their field systems at Hound Tor
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks
• Broadun prehistoric enclosed settlement, 780m NNW of Archerton
• Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor
• Stone circle 400m south west of Buttern Hill
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Hele Cross: a wayside cross 700m south east of Wormhill
• Two stone hut circles and field system, 590m south of Buttern, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns containing cists and a post-medieval building 440m NNW of Powder Mills
• Two cairns 720m and 800m east of Higher White Tor
• Two round cairns 400m north west of Scorhill Farm
• Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton
• Two round cairns 800m north west of Statts Bridge
• Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor
• Four hut circles N of Bush Down
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Hamel Down Cross
• Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Tor cairn 50m north east of Hookney Tor
• White Moor Stone
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement 740m north west of Hartland Tor
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren
• Three agglomerated enclosures, a round cairn and part of the Stannon block field system lying within Great Stannon Newtake
• Blowing mill 260m south east of Teignhead Farm
• Cairn on Hurston Ridge 1km north west of Warren House Inn
• Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross
• Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source
• Cairnfield 370m west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Medieval settlement 470m east of Hartyland
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 670m south of The Grey Wethers
• Two prehistoric settlements 1280m SSW of The Grey Wethers
• Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor
• King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down
• Stone hut circle 380m north west of North Creaber
• Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe Down
• A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor
• Round cairn 480m south west of Higher White Tor
• Wayside cross 225m north east of Scarhill Cross
• Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor
• Headland Warren boundary stone 570m NNE of Headland Warren Farm
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
• Gidleigh Castle (remains of)
• Ring cairn 296m south east of Riddon Brake
• Round cairn on Hangingstone Hill
• Five cairns, two stone alignments and three cists, forming part of a ritual complex on Lakehead Hill
• Round cairn 80m south west of Little Hound Tor summit
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake
• Clapper Bridge, Postbridge
• Four round barrows on Soussons Down, 960m north west of Soussons
• Hillerton Cross