South Zeal is a Village in the county of Devon.

South Zeal postcode: EX20 2JU

Retail in South Zeal

There are great places to visit near South Zeal 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.

Places near South Zeal feature a number of interesting cities including Exeter.

Historic Buildings to visit near South Zeal include Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove are some of South Zeal best villages to visit near South Zeal.

There are a several good canals in the South Zeal area like Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

Don't miss East Lyn River's rivers and streams if visiting the area around South Zeal.

The area around South Zeal boasts some of the best beaches including Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

South Zeal is near some unmissable geological features like Valley of Rocks,

Don't miss Dartmoor's sssis if visiting the area around South Zeal.

There are a number of hiking areas near to South Zeal including Dartmoor.

Dartmoor is one of South Zeal's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in South Zeal.

South Zeal has some unmissable towns nearby like Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

Bicton Park is one of South Zeal's best, nearby parks to visit in South Zeal.

Airports to visit near South Zeal include Exeter Airport.

The area close to South Zeal boasts some of the best castles including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Ruins to visit near South Zeal include Berry Pomeroy Castle.

South Zeal History

There are some historic monuments around South Zeal:

• Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Motte 160m east of St Peter's Church
• Ring ditch 150m north of Natson Farm
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• Two partially enclosed stone hut circle settlements and a round cairn on the eastern slope of Oke Tor
• Stone hut circle 140m north west of Higher Shilstone
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• Round cairn and enclosure 930m south of Hound Tor
• Tinners' building 680m north east of Fur Tor
• Two stone hut circle settlements with an irregular aggregate field system east of Rival Tor, 900m south west of Buttern Hill
• An agglomerated enclosed settlement 480m west of Stoneyhurst
• Week Down cross: a wayside cross 530m south west of Yellam
• Leapra Cross: a wayside cross at the entrance to Moor Gate Farm
• A henge, two barrows, two ring ditches, two enclosures and part of a linear feature 420m north west of Lower Hampson
• Spinster's Rock
• Cairnfield 370m west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval shelter 990m north east of Hawthorn Clitter, 1030m east of The Thirlstone
• Okehampton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River.
• Two bowl barrows 180m south west of Hampson Cottage
• Wayside cross at Bulland Cross
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Broadnymett
• Cairn cemetery 880m south west of Wallabrook Bridge
• Gidleigh Castle (remains of)
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Cairnfield 760m west of Stoneyhurst
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Hillerton Cross
• St Martin's Chapel, Broadnymett
• Beetor Cross: the site of a wayside cross and a later, 18th century, waymarker 230m south east of Beetor
• Market cross 4m west of North Tawton church tower
• Stone hut circle settlement 290m south east of Manga Rock
• Wayside cross 100m north west of East Langford
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Linear and Curved Target Railways on F Range
• Round cairn on Long Ridge 800m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Two stone hut circles and field system, 590m south of Buttern, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Churchyard cross 4m south of Zeal Monachorum church porch
• Week Barn Cross
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Cist on Whitehorse Hill, 910m south east of Taw Head
• Round cairn 50m north west of Yes Tor summit
• Stone circle 400m south west of Buttern Hill
• Churchyard cross socket stone 10m south west of Zeal Monachorum church porch
• A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Bowl barrow 130m north east of Burston Cross
• Cairnfield, irregular aggregate field system, a ring cairn and three round cairns 800m and 920m south of Moorgate Farm
• An alluvial tin streamwork adjacent to the Brim Brook
• Stone hut circle and field system 580m north west of North Creaber, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Stone hut circle 210m east of Scorhill stone circle
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks
• Two bowl barrows 200m north east of Newland Cross
• Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344
• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Burston Cross
• Tinners' building 90m north east of the confluence of the Brim Brook and West Okement River
• Stone cross adjoining Fitz or Fice's Well
• Bowl barrow 220m south west of Hampson Cottage
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church
• Two hut circles NW of Bush Down
• Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross
• Quintin's Man round cairn
• Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill
• Chambered cairn 830m south of Buttern
• Medieval settlement of Beere
• Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor
• Scorhill stone circle, three cairns and a length of reave
• Dispersed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields 490m south east of Silk House
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Cairnfield 790m north west of Stoneyhurst
• Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake
• Round cairn on Black Down 410m south west of Anthony Stile
• Round cairn 80m SSW of White Moor stone circle
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Round cairn 780m south of the Thirlstone
• Two round cairns 400m north west of Scorhill Farm
• Three agglomerated enclosures containing stone hut circles, a cairn cemetery, post-medieval fields and tinworks on Chagford Common
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Long mortuary enclosure and ring ditch 250m south west of Week Meadow Farm
• Round cairn 80m south west of Little Hound Tor summit
• Cairn on Chagford Common 320m west of West Vitifer Mine
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• A stone hut circle settlement and irregular aggregate field system at the northern tip of Long Ridge
• Bowl barrow 80m south west of Hampson Cottage
• Churchyard cross 12m south of Sampford Courtenay church
• Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock
• Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Wayside cross in Sampford Courtenay village 55m NNW of Cherrywell Cottages
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 400m north west of Scorhill stone circle
• White Moor Stone
• Hut circles W of Higher Shapley
• Two hut circles E of Foxes Holt
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north eastern slope of Steeperton Tor
• Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• Hut circle NE of Thornworthy Lodge
• Four hut circles N of Bush Down
• Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott
• Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor
• Deserted medieval site N of Okehampton camp
• Tor cairn 180m north of High Willhays summit
• A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge
• Round cairn 530m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks
• Wayside cross at Trecott beside Wellsprings Lane
• Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon
• Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy
• Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 7
• Blowing Mill at Outer Down
• Round cairn 570m west of Stoneyhurst
• Four stone hut circles and associated boundary walls south east of Fernworthy Reservoir, 250m north west of Metherall
• Blowing mill 260m south east of Teignhead Farm
• Wayside cross 225m north east of Scarhill Cross
• Two long mortuary enclosures 570m east and 590m ENE of Sandford Barton
• Tinners' building lying adjacent to the Black Ridge Brook and situated 1540m NNE of Fur Tor
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Round cairn on Hangingstone Hill
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Churchyard cross 4m south of Honeychurch church
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 780m south west of Metherall
• Two bowl barrows 250m north of Natson Farm
• Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Stone hut circle 450m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Round cairn on Watern Tor
• Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp
• Stone hut circle 380m north west of North Creaber
• Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• A partly enclosed stone hut circle settlement on Kennon Hill
• Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• Two stone hut circles 850m WSW of the confluence of Gallaven Brook and Walla Brook, 1045m north east of the Thirlstone
• Chambered cairn 430m south of Buttern
• Round cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 6 and Incline Target Carrier Railway
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Experimental Parapets and Redoubt
• Round cairn 750m NNW of East Okement Farm
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
• Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures
• A platform cairn 240m NNE of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Tor cairn on High Willhays summit
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement