Penquit
Penquit is a Village in the county of Devon.
Penquit postcode: PL21 0LU
There are great places to visit near Penquit 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.
Penquit is near some unmissable cities like Exeter,
Don't miss Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter's historic buildings if visiting the area around Penquit.
There are a several good villages in the Penquit area like Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.
Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton are some of Penquit best canals to visit near Penquit.
There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Penquit like East Lyn River.
Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove are great places to visit near Penquit if you like beaches.
The area around Penquit's best geological features can be found at Valley of Rocks.
The area around Penquit's best sssis can be found at Dartmoor.
There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Penquit like Dartmoor.
Don't miss Dartmoor's nature reserves if visiting the area around Penquit.
The area around Penquit boasts some of the best towns including Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.
Bicton Park is a great place to visit close to Penquit if you like parks.
There are a number of airports near to Penquit including Exeter Airport.
There are a number of castles near to Penquit including Berry Pomeroy Castle.
Berry Pomeroy Castle is a great place to visit close to Penquit if you like ruins.
Penquit History
There are some historic monuments around Penquit:
- Unenclosed stone hut settlement on the east side of the Erme Valley, north Harford Moor
- Cairn west of Stalldown
- Enclosure with hut circles to the north-east of Piles Copse
- Cairn to the west of Tristis Rock, Burford Down
- Pillow mound 180m north west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon
- Enclosure with hut circles south-west of Penn Beacon
- Two round barrows on Ridding Down
- One of three cairns on Three Barrows, Ugborough Moor
- The Goreus Stone, immediately west of St Bartholomew's Church
- Enclosure with hut circles north of Scad Brook
- Enclosure and stone hut circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
- Cairn near summit of Ugborough Beacon
- One of several stone hut circles near enclosures north of Ford Waste
- Hut circles in Erme Valley
- The northern of three stone hut circles south west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
- Hillson's House cairn, Stalldown
- Three bowl barrows 140m west of Borough Farm
- One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross
- Cairn on Piles Hill
- Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles on Corringdon Ball
- Cairn on Glasscombe Ball
- Spurrell's Cross stone alignment and cairn.
- One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
- Bowl barrow 660m south west of Woodland Barton
- Enclosure and hut circles in Erme Valley on east side of Stall Moor
- Enclosure SE of Dockwell Hole
- Hentor Warren boundary stone standing on Lee Moor 860m south west of Hen Tor
- Deserted post-medieval farmstead and part of the surrounding field system at High House Waste
- Enclosure WSW of Dockwell Hole
- Enclosure on the west side of the Erme valley below Stalldown
- Hilltop enclosure at Yellowberries Copse, 430m west of Higher Turtley
- Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains
- A deserted medieval settlement and post medieval farmstead 510m north east of East Rook Gate
- Vermin trap 130m west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon
- Stone hut circle south west of Corringdon Ball
- Cist east of Hangershell Rock
- One of several stone hut circles north of Corringdon Ball
- Part of Penn Moor contour reave
- Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, a contemporary field system, post-medieval buildings and two lengths of leat 310m south east of Yealm Steps
- Cairn on Piles Hill
- Medieval farmstead and field system, length of Willings Walls Reave, four round cairns, a ring cairn and pillow mounds at Willings Walls Warren
- Cairn above the south-west bank of the East Glaze Brook
- Two cairns on the south side of Ugborough Beacon
- Cairn with a cist on the eastern slope of Brent Fore Hill
- One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
- Knatta Barrow
- Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon
- Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, a round cairn and a boundary stone 760m WSW of Shell Top
- Cairn with a cist east of Willings Walls Reave
- Cairn south-east of Lower Piles
- Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom
- Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton
- Cairn on Weatherdon Hill
- Cairn north of Glasscombe Ball
- Enclosure on Stalldown
- A ring cairn 490m north east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
- Cairn north-east of Harrowthorn Plantation
- Cairn NW of Beacon Plain
- Blowing house at junction of Hook Lake and River Erme
- Stall Moor circle and long stone row
- Stone row, cairn and enclosures near Hook Lane, Erme Valley
- Blowing house N of Yealm Steps
- Enclosure with hut circles west of Glasscombe Corner
- Enclosure and hut circles at Piles Corner
- Pillow mound 100m south east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Stone hut circle north of Hentor Brook
- Cist 430m ESE of Yealm Steps
- The middle one of three stone hut circles south west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
- Three stone hut circles 340m west of Hen Tor forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement
- A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 330m south west of Hen Tor
- Pillow mound 160m south west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Blowing house N of Dry Lake
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement west of Butter Brook Reservoir
- Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm
- One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate
- One of several stone hut circles north of Corringdon Ball
- Hut circles and fields on Dendles Waste
- One of three cairns on Three Barrows, Ugborough Moor
- Enclosure with hut circles north of Bala Brook intake
- Round cairn on Lee Moor 950m south east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
- Double stone alignment with a large cairn south-west of Penn Beacon
- One of a number of cairns at Black Pool
- The southern of three enclosures north of Ford Waste
- Cairn to the east of Hangershell Rock
- Enclosures and hut circles N of Tory Brook Head
- One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon
- Cist with a retaining kerb north-west of Corringdon Ball
- Multiple stone alignment and associated cairns west of Glasscombe Upper Plantation
- Cairn east of the northern end of the stone alignment south-west of Glasscombe Corner
- Hentor Warren boundary stone standing 200m south east of Hen Tor
- Slight univallate hillfort known as Holbury Camp, 750m east of Holwell Lodge
- Deer park pale, 460m north east of Lyneham House
- Four round cairns 1060m south east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
- Enclosure with hut circles in Higher Piles newtake
- Stone hut circle on Corringdon Ball
- One of a number of cairns at Black Pool
- One of two stone hut circles on Corringdon Ball, north of Corringdon Farm
- Stone hut circle south of Penn Moor enclosed stone hut settlement
- Enclosure with hut circles north of Bala Brook intake
- Enclosure with hut circles west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
- Enclosure and stone hut circle 740m south east of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
- Enclosure with a hut circle on the west side of Corringdon Ball
- Enclosure and hut circle N of Old Hill
- The middle one of three enclosures north of Ford Waste
- One of two stone hut circles north of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
- Cairn on northern Harford Moor
- Enclosure west of Shell Top
- Chambered cairn in Cuckoo Ball newtake
- Cairn south of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor
- Cairn west of Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball
- Enclosure with hut circles and rectangular pens, south of Bala Brook
- Iron Age promontory fort known as Oldaport Camp
- Cairn NNW of Beacon Plain
- Eight pillow mounds and a vermin trap on the northern slope of Little Trowlesworthy Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon
- Hut enclosure N of Old Hill
- Round barrow NW of Harbourneford
- Cairn 800m ENE of Big Pond
- Cairn on Sharp Tor
- Cairn south of Stalldown stone alignment
- One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
- One of several stone hut circles north of Corringdon Ball
- The southern of three stone hut circles south west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
- Unenclosed stone hut settlement north-east of Yadsworthy
- Hut circles and enclosure to S of Left Lake
- Stone alignment and retaining kerb on Burford Down
- Cairn above the south-west bank of the East Glaze Brook
- One of a number of cairns at Black Pool
- The northern of three enclosures north of Ford Waste
- Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate
- One of several stone hut circles near enclosures north of Ford Waste
- Two hut circles on the south-east slope of Stalldown
- Enclosure and hut circles at junction of Blatchford Bottom and River Erme
- Cairn on Eastern Beacon
- Stone alignment and terminal cairns south-west of Glasscombe Corner
- Three unenclosed stone hut circles on the west side of the Erme Valley, north of Lower Piles
- Vermin trap 90m west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Enclosure with hut circles north of Corringdon Ball
- Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles, south of Lower Piles
- One of several stone hut circles near enclosures north of Ford Waste
- Huts and fields on Penn Moor near Broadall Lake
- Stone hut circle settlement 600m ENE of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
- Remains of chapel on Brent Hill
- Agglomerated enclosure on the west side of the Erme Valley below Stalldown
- Enclosure west of Ford Brook
- Three enclosed hut groups, Black Tor, Shipley Bridge
- Glaze Meet blowing house (Tinner's Foundry)
- Cairn on Weatherdon Hill
- Vermin trap at southern base of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
- Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon
- Chambered cairn at Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball
- Pillow mound 450m west of Hen Tor forming part of Hentor Warren
- Enclosure east of an agglomerated enclosure south-east of Yealm Steps
- Stone hut circle north-east of Hentor Brook
- Four bowl barrows 270m west of The Downs
- Enclosure 560m south east of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
- Stone hut circle east of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
- Two hut circles on the right bank of Red Brook
- Tor cairn on Shell Top
- Long cairn east of Butterdon Hill
- Round Barrow on Dendles Waste (Kerbed cairn with cist in Dendles Waste, 920m SSW of Yealm Steps)
- Cairn with a cist, one of several cairns on Lee Moor
- Stone alignment and cairns on Stalldown
- Cairn near Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball
- Part of Penn Moor contour reave incorporating two stone hut circles and an enclosed hut settlement
- One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon
- Medieval dovecote at Bigbury Court
- Cairn south-east of Higher Piles
- Stone hut circle 460m south east of Penn Beacon
- Stone alignment north of Glasscombe Upper Plantation
- Cairn north-west of Butterdon Hill
- Cairn in north-east corner of Lower Piles
- One of a number of cairns at Black Pool
- Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe
- Riders Rings (The Rings)
- One of two stone hut circles on Corringdon Ball, north of Corringdon Farm
- Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles
- Stone hut circle 930m ENE of Big Pond
- Enclosure with hut circles north of Harrowthorn Plantation
- One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate
- Two ring cairns 330m south east of Coldharbour Cross
- One of three cairns on Three Barrows, Ugborough Moor
- Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains E of River Erme
- Five stone hut circles 320m east of Yealm Steps forming part of a large stone hut circle settlement
- One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor
- Long barrow and two bowl barrows, 200m south east of Chapelcombe
- Spurrell's Cross
- One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
- Medieval hut NW of Dendles Wood
- Stone hut circle west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on the western edge of Lee Moor
- Cairn south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor
- Two conjoined huts between two enclosures north of Bala Brook intake
- Two stone hut circles north of Spanish Lake, Lee Moor
- Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe
- Two round cairns 600m ENE of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
- Cholwich Town contour reave, cairn and two enclosures
- Five stone hut circles 500m south east of Yealm Steps forming part of a large stone hut circle settlement
- Cross Dyke reave
- Medieval holy well known as St Ann's Well, 120m south of Holwell Farm
- Two fallen standing stones east of Hangershell Rock
- Eastern White Barrow
- Stone alignment on Piles Hill
- Cairn south-east of Shell Top
- Medieval settlement on Ford Waste
- Unenclosed stone hut settlement with enclosures north of Piles Copse
- Cairn with a cist, one of several on the western edge of Lee Moor
- Stone alignment and two cairns to the north-west of Glasscombe Ball
- Round cairn 740m south east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
- Two cairns south-east of the stone alignment south-west of Glasscombe Corner
- Bowl barrow 470m south of Borough Farm
- Roman settlement site at Bantham Ham
- Cairn on Piles Hill
- One of two stone hut circles north of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
- Vermin trap 350m south west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Bowl barrow on Churchland Green 350m west of Coldharbour Farm
- One of two cairns west of Penn Beacon
- Cairn near summit of Brent Fore Hill
- One of several stone hut circles west of High-house Waste
- Ring cairn on Shell Top
- Butterdon Hill stone alignment and cairn
- One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon
- Hillfort on Brent Hill
Places to see near Penquit
Lakes near Penquit
Rivers near Penquit
- Broughton Brook (South and West Somerset)
- Tributary of Back Stream (Tone Catchment)
- Hele Bk
- Tone - Wellington to Taunton
- Haywards Water
- Westford Stream
- Sherford Stream
- Tone - Upper
- Back Stream
- Halse WTR
- Allen Brook(Maiden brook)
- Hillfarrance Bk
- West Dart River (Lower)
- West Dart River (Upper)
- East Webburn River
- West Dart River (Blackbrook to Swincombe)
- Wash
- Ashburn
- East Dart River
- Hems - Upper
- West Webburn River
- Swincombe
- Avon (Devon Tidal) and Sth Hams - Blackpool
- Mardle
- Avon (Devon Tidal) and Sth Hams - Slapton
- Cherry Brook
- Hems - Lower
- Dean Burn
- Dart
- Dart (Tidal)
- Am Brook
- Webburn
- Bidwell Brook
- The Gara
- Blackbrook River
- Harbourne River
- Beadon Brook
- Lemon
- South Teign River
- Reedy Brook
- North Teign
- Fingle Brook
- Teign (Upper)
- Ugbrooke Stream
- Wray Brook
- Aller Brook (Teign) - Lower
- Kate Brook
- Scotley Brook
- Aller Brook (Teign) - Upper
- Middle Bovey
- Blackaton Brook
- Liverton Brook
- Aller Brook
- Sowton Brook
- Bramble Brook
- Lower Bovey
- Becka Brook
- Upper Bovey
- Teign (Lower)
- Sheepham Bk
- Ayleston Brook
- Lud Brook
- Lower Erme
- Erme
- Middle Barle
- Dart (Exe)
- Danes Brook
- Lower Batherm
- Upper Barle
- Exe (Haddeo to Barle)
- Burn (Exe)
- Iron Mill Stream
- Upper River Haddeo
- Upper Batherm
- Lowman
- Exe (Barle to Culm)
- North Brook (East Devon)
- Exe (Quarme to Haddeo)
- Calverleigh Stream
- Exe (Source to Quarme)
- Exe (Culm to Creedy)
- Exe (Creedy to Estuary)
- Lower Barle
- Ben Brook
- Ben Brook
- Brockey River
- Quarme
- Lower River Haddeo
- Pulham
- Sherdon Water
- Grindle Brook
- Bolham River
- Weaver
- Aylesbeare Stream
- Polly Brook
- Halberton Stream
- Fulford Water
- Lower Clyst
- Madford River
- Ken Stream
- Middle Culm
- Lower Cranny Brook
- Ford Stream (EXE)
- Spratford Stream
- Upper Clyst
- Sheldon Stream
- Upper Cranny Brook
- Upper Culm
- Lower Culm
- Kenn
- Colebrook
- Holly Water
- Alphin Brook
- Lower Yeo (Creedy)
- Matford Brook
- Ford Brook (EXE)
- Upper Creedy
- Dawlish Water
- Upper Yeo (Creedy)
- Jackmoor Brook
- Shobrooke Lake
- Lower Creedy
- Troney
- Middle Creedy
- Culvery River
- Lim
- Branscombe Stream
- Blackwater River
- Lower Axe
- Kit Brook
- Yarty
- Umborne Brook
- Upper Coly
- Upper Axe
- Offwell Brook
- Lower Coly
- Forton Brook
- Corry Brook
- West Lyn River
- Heddon
- Lower East Lyn River
- Mully Brook
- Rye Stream
- Upper East Lyn River
- Lower River Yeo (Lapford)
- Mole (Taw to Bray)
- Yeo (Molland)
- Venn
- Coney Gut
- Sterridge
- Crooked Oak
- Tributary of River Heddon
- Huntacott Water
- Taw (Source to Bullow Brook)
- Hawkridge Brook
- Newton Tracey Stream
- Taw (River Yeo to Little Dart River)
- Sturcombe River
- Bullow Brook
- Bray (Mole to Hole Water)
- Hollocombe Water
- Upper River Yeo (Barnstaple)
- Upper Caen
- Taw Estuary
- Bradwell Stream
- Upper Little Dart River
- Chelfham Stream
- Hole Water
- Knowl Water
- Badgworthy Water
- Umber
- Farley Water
- Taw (Little Dart River to River Mole)
- Lower River Yeo (Barnstaple)
- Lower Caen
- Mole (Bray to Yeo)
- Lower Little River Dart
- Burcombe Stream
- Taw (River Mole to Estuary)
- Little Silver Stream
- Dalch
- Mole (Yeo to Burcombe Stream)
- Nadrid Water
- Bradiford Water
- Langham Lake
- Bray (Source to Hole Water)
- Mole (Source to Burcombe Stream)
- Taw (Bullow Brook to River Yeo)
- Knighty Brook
- Upper River Yeo (Lapford)
- Dolton Stream
- Lower River Mere
- Kenwith Stream
- Dipple Water
- Horwood Stream
- Little Mere River
- Torridge (Dipple Water to Combe Lake)
- Wagaford Water
- Middle River Lew (Torridge)
- Iddesleigh Stream
- Middle River Okement
- Upper River Yeo (Bideford)
- West Okement
- Upper River Mere
- East Okemont River
- Langtree Lake
- Mussel Brook
- Hole Brook
- Lower River Okement
- Pulworthy Brook
- Waldon
- Torridge (Source to Dipple Water)
- Combe Lake
- Woolleigh Brook
- Whiteleigh Water
- Hookmoor Brook
- Northlew Stream
- Torridge (Lew to Estuary)
- Whitsleigh Down Brook
- Cookbury Stream
- Duntz
- Upper River Lew (Torridge)
- Torridge (Combe Lake to Lew)
- Huntshaw Water
- Lower River Yeo (Bideford)
- Lower River Lew (Torridge)
- Medland Brook
- Welcombe Stream
- Philham Water
- Abbey River
- Tamar (River Lyd to River Inny)
- Tamar (Kelly Brook)
- Lower River Lyd
- Lew (Tamar)
- Quither Brook
- Broadwood Brook
- Thrushel
- Wolf
- Upper River Lyd
- Piall
- Newton Stream
- Upper River Yealm
- Silverbridge Lake
- Lower River Yealm
- Tory Brook
- Meavy
- Lower River Plym
- Upper River Plym
- Walkham
- Burn (Tavy)
- Lumburn
- Upper River Tavy
- Lower River Tavy
