Folly Gate is a Village in the county of Devon.

Folly Gate postcode: EX20 3AD

Retail in Folly Gate

There are great places to visit near Folly Gate 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 Folly Gate feature a number of interesting cities including Exeter.

Don't miss Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter's historic buildings if visiting the area around Folly Gate.

Villages to visit near Folly Gate include Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

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

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

Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove are great places to visit near Folly Gate if you like beaches.

Valley of Rocks is a great place to visit close to Folly Gate if you like geological features.

The area close to Folly Gate boasts some of the best sssis including Dartmoor.

Dartmoor is one of Folly Gate's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Folly Gate.

Nature Reserves to visit near Folly Gate include Dartmoor.

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

Folly Gate is near some unmissable parks like Bicton Park,

There are a number of airports near to Folly Gate including Exeter Airport.

Folly Gate is near some unmissable castles like Berry Pomeroy Castle,

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

Folly Gate History

There are some historic monuments around Folly Gate:

• Deserted medieval site N of Okehampton camp
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• Stone hut circle lying south of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 550m SSE of Longstone Hill summit
• Eighteen cairns, a length of bank and a recumbent stone forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Churchyard cross 4m south of Honeychurch church
• Tor cairn surrounding Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 765m south-west of Great Nodden
• Round cairn 530m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Round cairn 610m north east of Great Nodden
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• A platform cairn 240m NNE of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Stone hut circle 420m south west of Lints Tor
• Okehampton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River.
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• White Moor Stone
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor
• Stone cross adjoining Fitz or Fice's Well
• Round cairn 50m north west of Yes Tor summit
• Two circular cairns, an ovoid cairn and a ring cairn lying within an enclosure forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Leawood Plantation barrow
• Stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval shelter 990m north east of Hawthorn Clitter, 1030m east of The Thirlstone
• Court Castle
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor
• Churchyard cross 12m south of Sampford Courtenay church
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Two round cairns 540m ENE of Sourton Tors
• Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Round cairn 60m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Wayside cross at Eastcombe on the road between Durdon Cross and Eastcombe
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Round cairn on Black Down 410m south west of Anthony Stile
• Round cairn and shelter 140m north west of Yes Tor summit
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 290m north west of Lints Tor
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement 330m south east of Great Nodden
• Bowl barrow on Wadland Down
• Stone hut circle 370m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Two partially enclosed stone hut circle settlements and a round cairn on the eastern slope of Oke Tor
• Wayside cross in Sampford Courtenay village 55m NNW of Cherrywell Cottages
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north eastern slope of Steeperton Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Ring cairn 510m south west of Great Nodden
• Stone circle, cairn alignment, cider millstone and boundary ditch 410m south east of Sourton Tors
• 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
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn and cist on Black Down 1.6km east of Higher Bowden
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairnfield, irregular aggregate field system, a ring cairn and three round cairns 800m and 920m south of Moorgate Farm
• Icework at Sourton Tors
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 6 and Incline Target Carrier Railway
• Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church
• Wayside cross in the garden hedge of Southcott Cottage, at a crossroads called Southcott Cross
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors
• Round cairn 700m south of Sourton Tors
• Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill
• Enclosure, two stone hut circles and an alignment of upright stones 780m north west of Little Links Tor
• Two stone hut circles and a field 340m south west of Lints Tor
• St John's Holy Well
• Westernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Experimental Parapets and Redoubt
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 7
• Round cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn and enclosure 930m south of Hound Tor
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Round cairn 700m south-west of Great Nodden
• Wayside cross at Trecott beside Wellsprings Lane
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn and stone hut circle 950m south of Sourton Tors
• Platform cairn 30m north west of Fordsland Ledge
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Round cairn 270m west of Great Nodden
• Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp
• Deserted medieval site 1/4 mile (400m) W of Okehampton camp
• Tor cairn 70m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Wayside cross at junction between Victoria Road and Park Road, east of Hatherleigh
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Wayside cross at Durdon Cross
• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three cairns forming the westernmost part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Tinners' building 90m north east of the confluence of the Brim Brook and West Okement River
• Seven cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Two round cairns 715m south-west of Great Nodden
• Medieval homesteads S of Meldon quarry
• Stone hut circle 400m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Southernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Guide post at Place Cross
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 770m NNW of Little Links Tor
• Meldon viaduct
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts
• Ring cairn 160m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Wayside cross at Bulland Cross
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Croft Castle
• Round cairn 750m NNW of East Okement Farm
• Round cairn 140m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• An alluvial tin streamwork adjacent to the Brim Brook
• Ring cairn 975m south of Sourton Tors
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• Two round cairns 840m south west of Great Nodden
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Village cross in Northlew, 40m south west of the church
• North easternmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Two stone hut circles 850m WSW of the confluence of Gallaven Brook and Walla Brook, 1045m north east of the Thirlstone
• Lake Down cairnfield 810m ESE and 780m east of Lake Viaduct
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Tor cairn 180m north of High Willhays summit
• Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• Cairn and cist forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Round cairn on Watern Tor
• Bowl barrow 350m south of Broomhill
• Deserted medieval site 1/2 mile (810m) W of Okehampton camp
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Linear and Curved Target Railways on F Range
• Round cairn 80m south west of Little Hound Tor summit
• Round cairn 80m SSW of White Moor stone circle
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• Ring cairn 660m north west of Little Links Tor
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill