Roborough
Roborough is a Village in the county of Devon.
Roborough postcode: PL6 7BG
There are great places to visit near Roborough 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 Roborough boasts some of the best cities including Exeter.
Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter are great places to visit near Roborough if you like historic buildings.
Don't miss Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove's villages if visiting the area around Roborough.
The area around Roborough boasts some of the best canals including Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.
Don't miss East Lyn River's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Roborough.
Roborough has some unmissable beaches nearby like Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.
Places near Roborough feature a number of interesting geological features including Valley of Rocks.
Dartmoor is one of Roborough's best, nearby sssis to visit in Roborough.
The area close to Roborough boasts some of the best hiking areas including Dartmoor.
Dartmoor is one of Roborough's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Roborough.
Roborough's best nearby towns can be found at Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.
Don't miss Bicton Park's parks if visiting the area around Roborough.
The area close to Roborough boasts some of the best airports including Exeter Airport.
The area around Roborough's best castles can be found at Berry Pomeroy Castle.
Ruins to visit near Roborough include Berry Pomeroy Castle.
Roborough History
There are some historic monuments around Roborough:
- Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down
- Camp NE of Berra Tor
- Yennadon Cross: a wayside cross 340m south of Peekhill
- Stone alignment and terminal cairn with a retaining kerb on Ringmoor Down
- Round cairn 740m WSW of Crazy Well Pool
- Fort Stamford
- Eight stone hut circles and two enclosures forming part of an unenclosed settlement 580m south of Leeden Tor
- Round cairn 380m NNW of Sharpitor summit
- Stone hut circle 380m north-east of Leather Tor
- Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 200m east of Leeden Tor
- Stone hut circle settlement, irregular aggregate field system, two long houses and a medieval and post-medieval field system 700m SSW of Black Tor
- Cairn and cist 370m east of Trowlesworthy Warren House
- Settlement on Wigford Down
- Tinners' cache 570m north east of Norsworthy Bridge
- Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 700m south of Leeden Tor
- One of three stone hut circles 500m SSE of Legis Tor
- One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down
- A stone alignment, kerbed cairn, prehistoric settlement, four pillow mounds, a vermin trap and animal runs 720m south west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
- Twelve cairns, a lynchet and a boundary bank forming part of a cairnfield 440m south-west of Raddick Hill summit
- Plympton Castle
- A double stone alignment and three cairns south-west of Black Tor
- Cairn 590m south-west of Raddick Hill summit forming part of a cairnfield
- One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down
- Part of Eylesbarrow Reave
- Mount Batten: prehistoric and Romano-British settlement
- Plymouth Castle (remains of)
- Four stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement 580m south of Leeden Tor
- An enclosed settlement, length of reave, two vermin traps and a pillow mound 770m east of Trowlesworthy Warren House
- Shaugh Prior village cross: a wayside cross at the road junction 150m east of the parish church
- Cross S of Shaden Plantation
- The West Ropery (site of), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
- Slip No 1 (The Covered Slip), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
- Round cairn 670m north-east of Sharpitor summit
- The coastal fortifications of Drake's Island
- Woodland fort
- Pillow mound 40m east of Legis Tor forming part of Legistor Warren
- D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier
- Holy well called St Julian's Well
- Part of Eylesbarrow Reave
- Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights
- Pillow mound 530m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Stone row NW of Saddlesborough
- Gawton arsenic mine and flue
- Stone hut circle 155m east of Sharpitor
- Cairn west of Legis Lake
- Round cairn 340m ESE of Norsworthy Bridge
- Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren
- Vermin trap 510m WSW of Great Trowlesworthy Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Two pillow mounds and a small area of tin streamwork earthworks 770m north of Blackaton Cross, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Vermin trap 700m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- An enclosure, attached stone hut circle and length of reave 180m north-north-east of Leather Tor
- Stone cross SW of church
- Wayside cross 75m south east of Cross Gate
- Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement south of Foggintor Quarries, 1140m ENE of Criptor
- Stone hut circle 130m east of Leeden Tor forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
- Knowle battery
- Walkhampton Church House cross: a wayside cross on the east side of Church House, 650m north east of Walkhampton village
- Mount Pleasant Redoubt
- One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down
- Four stone hut circles and an enclosure 100m north-east of Sharpitor summit
- Cairn south of Eylesbarrow Reave
- Blockhouse at the Garden Battery
- Greenwell Girt socket stone 600m SSW of Lovaton hamlet
- Stone hut circle settlement 900m west of Devil's Bridge
- Enclosed stone hut settlement south-west of Gutter Tor
- Stone hut circle 315m north-east of Sharpitor forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
- Eastern King battery
- Vermin trap 520m SSW of Trowlesworthy Warren House forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Two stone hut circles, a reave, round cairn and shelter south east of Sharpitor
- Bowl barrow immediately south of the cricket ground and pavilion in Mount Edgcumbe Park
- Okeltor 19th century arsenic, copper and tin mine
- Hilltop enclosure known as Maristow Camp, 240m east of Middle Park House
- Middleworth farmstead, 450m south east of Norsworthy Bridge
- Two stone alignments and a round cairn 390m NW of Sharpitor
- Four round cairns 340m ENE of Sharpitor
- Stone alignment, two round cairns and a length of Walkhampton Common reave lying in a valley between Sharpitor and Leeden Tor
- Riddipit hull 700m WSW of the northern end of Raddick Lane
- Brisworthy stone circle
- Beatland Corner socket stone: a wayside cross 900m south east of Shaugh Prior church
- Western Kings artillery tower
- Pillow mound 490m south of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Crownhill Fort
- Round barrow N of Cadworthy Wood
- An agglomerate enclosure and seven stone hut circles 460m WSW of Raddick Hill summit
- Cairn and cist 600m north east of Routrundle
- Two hut circles S of Catstor Down
- Barrow near Shaugh Cross
- Stone hut circle situated on the north eastern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
- Two cairns and a boundary bank forming part of a cairnfield 440m south-west of Raddick Hill summit
- Cairn 560m south-west of Raddick Hill summit forming part of a cairnfield
- The Royal Citadel mid 17th century bastioned artillery defence, incorporating late 16th century artillery fort and 18th century statue, on the Hoe
- Blackaton Cross: a wayside cross 1.25km north of Lee Moor Village
- Hut circles W of Wigford Down China Clay Works
- Part of Eylesbarrow Reave
- Cairn north-east of Brisworthy Plantation
- Animal pound at The Pound, 620m south of Roborough House
- Hut circles SE of Brisworthy
- Pound and hut circles N of Hawk's Tor
- An enclosure containing one stone hut circle 460m west of Cross Gate
- Prehistoric enclosures on Dewerstone Hill, 500m south east of Dewerstone Cottage
- Three hut circles on south part of Wigford Down
- Ballast pond at Torpoint 690m west of North Corner Quay
- Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor
- An enclosure containing two stone hut circles forming an outlying part of a large stone hut circle settlement in Raddick Plantation
- Pillow mound and animal run 830m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Stone hut circle situated on the south eastern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
- Enclosure and stone hut circle 320m north-east of Sharpitor forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
- Huckworthy Cross: a wayside cross 1.4km SSW of Sampford Spiney village
- Morwellham Quay: transport infrastructure, part of the water control system and a manganese mill
- Settlement on Wigford Down S of Durance
- Cairn east of Ringmoor Cottage
- Two lengths of reave, two stone hut circles, a round cairn and stone alignment on Walkhampton Common
- Wigford Down cross: a wayside cross 230m WNW of Cadover Bridge
- Cairn adjacent to the south side of Eylesbarrow Reave
- Stone hut circle forming an outlying part of a large stone hut circle settlement east of Raddick Lane
- Enclosure north-west of Gutter Tor
- Eggbuckland Keep
- Two stamping mills 200m and 175m north of Norsworthy Bridge
- Mount Batten: 17th century artillery tower, Civil War breastwork, and World War II remains
- Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm
- Cist south-west of Gutter Tor
- Three hut circles NW of Cadworthy
- Stonehouse Town Wall
- Nine huts, five post-medieval shelters and a field boundary forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
- Warren at Sheeps Tor, 520m north of Chubstone Cottage
- Yellowmead stone circles, cairn and stone alignment
- Stone hut circle 370m north-east of Sharpitor forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
- Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber
- Pillow mound 540m east of Trowlesworthy Warren House forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Part of Eylesbarrow watershed reave
- Two stone hut circles, a length of boundary bank and a short length of the Devonport Leat 380m WNW of Raddick Hill summit
- Ernesettle battery
- Firestone Bay artillery tower
- Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation
- Bowl barrow at Emmets Post
- Two cairns with stone rows E of Collard Tor on Wotter Common
- 'V'-shaped gully 350m east of Trowlesworthy Warren House
- Post-medieval deer park, medieval fishpond, 18th century triumphal arch and a 19th century lead mine, ore works and smelt mill at Boringdon Park
- Cairn north east of Yellowmead stone circles
- Three round cairns 610m south west of Black Tor
- Laira Emplacement, immediately south west of Laira Battery
- Cairn south-east of Nattor
- Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park
- Two stone hut circles situated on the southern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
- Four round barrows on Wigford Down
- Marchant's Cross: a wayside cross 700m south east of Meavy
- Vermin trap 490m south of Trowlesworthy Warren House forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Pillow mound 840m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage
- Hut circles W of Saddlesborough
- Round barrow NW of Saddlesborough
- Buckland Abbey
- Roman's Cross 50m west of the church
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 370m south west of Routrundle
- Vermin trap 800m south east of Trowlesworthy Warren House forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Pillow mound 790m NNE of Blackaton Cross, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Unenclosed stone hut settlement south-west of Gutter Tor
- Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal
- Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner
- Resolution Fort: Civil War town defences at Friary Court
- Medieval settlement on Peek Hill, 240m and 280m north east of Lowery Tor
- Civil War fieldworks at Inswork Point
- Keaglesborough Mine and Riddipit farmstead 850m north east of Norsworthy Bridge
- Bowden Battery
- An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, an irregular aggregate field system, a length of reave and an enclosure on the south east slope of Leeden Tor
- Round barrow on Burrow Hill
- Worth's Cattedown Bone Cave 150m north of Cattedown Wharves
- Efford Fort and Efford Emplacement
- Two stone hut circles 100m east of Leeden Tor forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
- Vermin trap 730m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Round cairn 690m north-east of Sharpitor summit
- The Remains of Longstone Manor House, Wind Strew and associated features
- Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage
- Pillow mound 860m SSE of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Stone hut circle 350m north-east of Sharpitor forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
- Prehistoric coaxial field system and cairns, an historic enclosure and part of RAF Sharpitor, situated on and around Peek Hill
- Two pillow mounds 640m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Enclosure north-east of Brisworthy Plantation
- An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 760m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House
- Two pillow mounds 415m and 430m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Round cairn 685m north-east of Sharpitor summit
- Boringdon Camp hillfort and associated remains
- Hut circle on Wigford Down
- Enclosed settlement 400m west of Raddick Hill summit
- Round cairn 190m east of Cross Gate
- Agaton fort
- Austin Fort and section of military road
- Stone alignment, five cairns, two stone hut circles and a length of reave 600m north east of Horseyeatt
- Pounds and hut circles N of Saddlesborough
- Eleven stone hut circles, a length of boundary wall and a field system forming part of an unenclosed settlement on the north-east slope of Sharpitor
- An enclosure, six stone hut circles, a length of reave and several prospecting pits 170m north-east of Leather Tor
- Pillow mound 860m NNW of Blackaton Cross, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Enclosure and stone hut circle 700m west of Sharpitor
- Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe
- An enclosure, stone hut circle, rectangular building and `V'-shaped gully 410m east of Trowlesworthy Warren House
- Routrundle Pound
- Round cairn 650m WSW of Raddick Hill summit
- Stone hut circle 160m east of Sharpitor
- Stanlake Farmstead, 930m south west of Black Tor
- Pillow mound 180m west of Legis Tor forming part of Legistor Warren
- Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval warren structures on the western slope of Little and Great Trowlesworthy Tors
- Laira Battery
- Pillow mound 220m south west of Legis Tor forming part of Legistor Warren
- Cairn south of Eylesbarrow Reave
- Vermin trap immediately south west of Legis Tor forming part of Legistor Warren
- Cairn with cist west of Legis Lake
- Lee Moor Tramway Bridge
- A length of the Great Western Reave, a prehistoric settlement, three cairns and two field systems on Walkhampton Common
- Cairn 550m south-west of Raddick Hill summit forming part of a cairnfield
- Part of Eylesbarrow Reave
- Plympton Priory
- Stone hut circle settlement 360m north-east of Leather Tor
- Pillow mound 760m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Walkhampton Common, 1000m north east of Leeden Tor
- Two stone hut circles and an enclosure 680m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House
Places to see near Roborough
Lakes near Roborough
Rivers near Roborough
- 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
