Ponsworthy is a Village in the county of Devon.

Ponsworthy postcode: TQ13 7PJ

Retail in Ponsworthy

There are great places to visit near Ponsworthy 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.

The area close to Ponsworthy boasts some of the best cities including Exeter.

Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter are some of Ponsworthy best historic buildings to visit near Ponsworthy.

Ponsworthy has some unmissable villages nearby like Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton are some of Ponsworthy best canals to visit near Ponsworthy.

East Lyn River is a great place to visit close to Ponsworthy if you like rivers and streams.

Don't miss Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove's beaches if visiting the area around Ponsworthy.

Valley of Rocks is one of Ponsworthy's best, nearby geological features to visit in Ponsworthy.

Dartmoor is one of Ponsworthy's best, nearby sssis to visit in Ponsworthy.

Don't miss Dartmoor's hiking areas if visiting the area around Ponsworthy.

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

Ponsworthy's best nearby towns can be found at Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

There are a several good parks in the area around Ponsworthy like Bicton Park.

Places near Ponsworthy feature a number of interesting airports including Exeter Airport.

Don't miss Berry Pomeroy Castle's castles if visiting the area around Ponsworthy.

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

Ponsworthy History

There are some historic monuments around Ponsworthy:

• Hut enclosure N of Old Hill
• Cairn and cist 430m north east of Grimspound
• Tor cairn 50m north east of Hookney Tor
• Dovecote 100m north of Pridhamsleigh
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Broadun Ring, 500m north west of Hartland Tor
• Three agglomerated enclosures, a round cairn and part of the Stannon block field system lying within Great Stannon Newtake
• Prehistoric settlements, fields and enclosures within the Shapley Common coaxial field system, 770m south of Challacombe Cross
• Hut circles and field systems E of Mel Tor
• Unenclosed stone hut settlement on the east side of the Erme Valley, north Harford Moor
• King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down
• Two cairns with two cists and a stone hut circle on the east facing slope of Lakehead Hill forming part of a ritual complex
• Dispersed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields 490m south east of Silk House
• Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor
• Ring cairn on Holne Moor 430m south west of Seale's Stoke
• A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Stall Moor circle and long stone row
• Two cairns at Ausewell Rocks
• Hamel Down Cross
• Two Headland Warren boundary stones, 275m and 430m north of Birch Tor
• Enclosure and hut circle N of Old Hill
• Three stone hut circles 300m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains
• Prehistoric fields and settlements north east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
• Kistvaen 325yds (300m) S of Archerton
• Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton
• Hawson Cross
• Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge
• Four cairns 560m east of Hapstead Ford and 1660m east of Ryder's Hill, forming part of a cairn cemetery in the Mardle Valley
• Cairn on Chagford Common 320m west of West Vitifer Mine
• Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
• Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Hut circles on Heatree Down
• Sherberton stone circle 315m SSE of Little Sherberton
• Two cairns and a cist 300yds (270m) NW of Swincombe intake
• Riders Rings (The Rings)
• Two cairns on the summit of Water Hill 450m north west of Warren House Inn
• Round cairn and Headland Warren boundary stone 210m north of Birch Tor
• Cairn 240m north of Crownley Parks
• Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy
• Two hut circles NW of Bush Down
• Two hut circles on the right bank of Red Brook
• Seven Lords' Lands round barrow
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement 150m south east of Hookney Tor
• Enclosure and hut circles at junction of Blatchford Bottom and River Erme
• Three agglomerated enclosures containing stone hut circles, a cairn cemetery, post-medieval fields and tinworks on Chagford Common
• Broadun prehistoric enclosed settlement, 780m NNW of Archerton
• Chapel E of parish church
• Haytor granite tramway
• Camp 325yds (300m) SE of Archerton
• Pound at Newbridge
• Eastern White Barrow
• Five round barrows on Black Hill
• Wayside cross 1120m ENE of Childe's Tomb
• Hut circles E of Pritton
• Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks
• Three enclosed hut groups, Black Tor, Shipley Bridge
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 780m south west of Metherall
• Stone alignment, hut circle settlement, medieval long house and post-medieval farmstead at Assycombe
• Huts and fields NE of Rippon Tor
• Two prehistoric settlements 1280m SSW of The Grey Wethers
• Blowing house and mill at Gobbet
• Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344
• Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 600m west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source
• Lizwell Bridge
• Hele Cross: a wayside cross 700m south east of Wormhill
• Ouldsbroom Cross
• Enclosure and fields N of Yar Tor
• Clapper Bridge, Postbridge
• The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast Abbey
• Stone hut circle 215m south east of Hartland Tor
• Two conjoined huts between two enclosures north of Bala Brook intake
• Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren
• Two round cairns 800m north west of Statts Bridge
• Hut circle 400yds (370m) SE of Swincombe
• Pound NE of Holwell Tor
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 670m south of The Grey Wethers
• Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake
• Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River Avon
• Five barrows on Hamel Down
• Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains E of River Erme
• The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks
• Cairn on Corndon Tor
• Medieval settlement 470m east of Hartyland
• Beetor Cross: the site of a wayside cross and a later, 18th century, waymarker 230m south east of Beetor
• Blowing house at junction of Hook Lake and River Erme
• Wayside cross on Down Ridge 1.1km south west of Saddle Bridge
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 900m and 940m north west of Warren House Inn
• Down Ridge stone circle and outlying standing stone 570m and 650m south of Forest Inn
• Hut circle at Tunhill Rocks
• Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge
• Burial chamber on Blackslade Down
• Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down
• Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton
• Three stone hut circles 780m SSW of Venford Reservoir dam
• Hunter's Tor camp
• Cairn on Hurston Ridge 1km north west of Warren House Inn
• Cairns N of Corndon Tor
• Enclosure and hut circles E of Huntingdon Ford
• Three enclosed hut groups, Huntingdon Warren
• Three Headland Warren boundary stones, 350m, 330m and 400m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers
• Hut circles in Erme Valley
• North Bovey village cross: a wayside cross at the south west end of North Bovey village green
• Enclosure with hut circles north of Bala Brook intake
• Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke
• Horn's Cross
• Hut 700yds (640m) NW of Sharp Tor
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring
• Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom
• Hut circle and fields, Bishop's Mead
• A cairn and cist 380m west and a cairn and standing stone 370m south west of Bellever Tor, forming an outlying part of a cairn cemetery
• Brimpts Mine, three prehistoric settlements and associated reaves 550m north west of Outer Huccaby Ring
• Hut circles on Bonehill Down
• Huccaby Ring
• Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 340m south west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Stone cross on Ter Hill
• Round cairn on Long Ridge 800m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Five cairns, two stone alignments and three cists, forming part of a ritual complex on Lakehead Hill
• Western White Barrow
• Eight cairns forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge and a stone alignment immediately west of Horn's Cross
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 420m north west and 440m west of Horn's Cross
• Hut circle and field system NW of Saddle Bridge
• Cairn on northern Harford Moor
• Round cairn 580m south of Horn's Cross forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge
• Earthwork in Houndtor Wood
• Settlement W of Holwell Tor
• Ringleshutes tinwork
• Four cairns on Holne Lee 1140m north west of Greatcombe
• Hut circles SE of Yar Tor
• Cist and cairn 590m SSE of Skir Ford
• Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam
• A ring cairn 700m south east of Runnage Bridge, on the southern side of Soussons Down
• Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons
• Leapra Cross: a wayside cross at the entrance to Moor Gate Farm
• Hameldown Beacon barrow
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement and three round cairns 870m south east of Horn's Cross
• Hembury Castle
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement and round cairn 880m south west of Venford Reservoir dam
• Bennett's Cross: a wayside cross on the south side of the B3212, 900m north east of the Warren House Inn
• Tinners' building in Great Stannon Newtake, 810m north west of Stannon Tor
• Settlement on Smallacombe Rocks
• Blowing house on Down Ridge
• A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever Tor
• Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake
• Hut circles E of Southway
• Hospit Cross: a wayside cross at Bovey Cross, 900m NNE of North Bovey village
• Blackaton Ball tin mill
• Blowing mill 260m south east of Teignhead Farm
• Stone hut circle 450m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Hut circles and field system SW of Combestone Wood
• Enclosure with hut circles and rectangular pens, south of Bala Brook
• Yar Tor stone row and adjacent cist
• Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields, Blackslade Down
• Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system
• Four hut circles N of Bush Down
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 350m south west of Horn's Cross
• Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor
• Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross
• Stone row, cairn and enclosures near Hook Lane, Erme Valley
• Blowing house N of Dry Lake
• Three round cairns 960m and 920m north east of Outer Huccaby Ring
• Enclosure with hut circles north of Bala Brook intake
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 560m west of Horn's Cross
• An agglomerated enclosure and two stone hut circles 580m west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor
• Stone hut circle on Down Ridge 480m south west of Saddle Bridge
• Headland Warren boundary stone 570m NNE of Headland Warren Farm
• Two double stone alignments, cairn and standing stone 700m south west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Blowing houses at Week Ford
• Three hut circles at north end of Vogwell Down
• Stone hut circle 580m south west of Statts Bridge
• Ring cairn 296m south east of Riddon Brake
• Two stone hut circles and a length of boundary walling 250m west of Rippon Tor
• Hut circles W of Higher Shapley
• Hut circles and enclosure to S of Left Lake
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement 740m north west of Hartland Tor
• Four round barrows on Soussons Down, 960m north west of Soussons
• Knatta Barrow
• Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton
• Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system and other archaeological remains on Holne Moor west and north west of Venford Reservoir
• Sanduck Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road 45m south west of Sanduck Farm
• Hut circles and fields on Buckland Common
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Outer Huccaby Ring and associated irregular aggregate field system
• Cairn 500m NNW of Archerton
• Hut circle village 600yds (548m) SE of Swincombe
• Holne Chase Castle
• Three hut circles E of Bush Down
• Huts and fields on Hayne Down
• Hut circles on Hedge Down
• Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Four stone hut circles and associated boundary walls south east of Fernworthy Reservoir, 250m north west of Metherall
• A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook
• Stone row N of Yarner Wells
• Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe Down
• Enclosure and hut circles in Erme Valley on east side of Stall Moor
• Ring cairn on Holne Ridge 860m north west of Hapstead Ford and 1180m north east of Ryder's Hill
• Two cairns on Cator Common
• Earthworks in Boro' Wood
• Irregular aggregate field system and stone hut circle 755m north east of Dunnabridge Pound Farm
• Enclosure WSW of Dockwell Hole
• Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall
• Hut circles E of the Saddle Tor
• Two stone hut circles 80m and 130m north of Rippon Tor
• Medieval farmstead and field system, post-medieval tinworks, prehistoric settlements and cairns north and west of Gibby Coombe
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements and their field systems at Hound Tor
• Four cairns 310m south of Horn's Cross forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge
• Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge
• Cairn 190m west of Archerton
• Enclosure SE of Dockwell Hole
• Roundy Park prehistoric enclosure and cairn with cist, 560m north east of Archerton
• Hut circles in Erme Pound E of River Erme
• Deserted medieval settlement at Challacombe
• Wayside cross on Down Ridge 730m south west of Saddle Bridge
• Cairn on Hameldown Tor
• Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland Tor
• Medieval farmstead 340m south east of Cold East Cross