Meldon is a Village in the county of Devon.

Meldon postcode: EX20 4LU

Retail in Meldon

There are great places to visit near Meldon 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 around Meldon's best cities can be found at Exeter.

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

There are a number of villages near Meldon including Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

Don't miss Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton's canals if visiting the area around Meldon.

East Lyn River is one of Meldon's best, nearby rivers and streams to visit in Meldon.

There are a number of beaches near Meldon including Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

There are a several good geological features in the area around Meldon like Valley of Rocks.

SSSIs to visit near Meldon include Dartmoor.

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

Places near Meldon feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Dartmoor.

Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton are great places to visit near Meldon if you like towns.

Places near Meldon feature a number of interesting parks including Bicton Park.

Exeter Airport is one of Meldon's best, nearby airports to visit in Meldon.

Berry Pomeroy Castle is a great place to visit close to Meldon if you like castles.

Don't miss Berry Pomeroy Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Meldon.

Meldon History

There are some historic monuments around Meldon:

• Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Two circular cairns, an ovoid cairn and a ring cairn lying within an enclosure forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Ten stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Ring cairn 50m north-east of White Hill summit forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Eastern of five cairns forming an outlying part of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Ring cairn 510m south west of Great Nodden
• Deserted medieval settlement 750m south of White Hill summit
• Okehampton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River.
• Ring cairn 1060m south west of Great Nodden
• Foxhole Mine and other tinworks south east of Arms Tor
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Medieval homesteads S of Meldon quarry
• Round cairn and shelter 140m north west of Yes Tor summit
• Two cairns forming an outlying part of a cairnfield on the northern slope of White Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Ring cairn 660m north west of Little Links Tor
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Round cairn on Black Down 410m south west of Anthony Stile
• The southernmost of four cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill
• Hillfort and medieval settlement in South Longridge Wood
• Seven cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, three round cairns and a length of reave 650m WSW of Ger Tor
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Alluvial tin streamwork in Lydford Woods
• Bowl barrow on Wadland Down
• Stone hut circle lying south of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Eighteen cairns, a length of bank and a recumbent stone forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three stone hut circles situated west of the enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot
• Round cairn 60m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Stone hut circle settlement and enclosures 970m east of Ger Tor
• Length of boundary wall and seven stone hut circles forming part of a large enclosure north-east of Ger Tor
• Cairnfield, irregular aggregate field system, a ring cairn and three round cairns 800m and 920m south of Moorgate Farm
• Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors
• Enclosure in Parsonage Wood
• An enclosure boundary wall, thirteen stone hut circles and a round cairn on Nattor Down and Hamlyn's Newtake
• Bowl barrow on East Kimber Common, 670m west of Stoney
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot
• Wayside cross at Bulland Cross
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north eastern slope of Steeperton Tor
• Ring cairn 160m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Deserted medieval site N of Okehampton camp
• 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 700m south-west of Great Nodden
• Round cairn and stone hut circle 950m south of Sourton Tors
• Deserted medieval site 1/4 mile (400m) W of Okehampton camp
• Meldon viaduct
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 340m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Round cairn 250m south east of Standon Farm
• Round cairn 300m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp
• Cist on Whitehorse Hill, 910m south east of Taw Head
• A double stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
• A small stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
• Gallows Hill
• A stone hut circle 50m west of Western Red Lake
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm
• Tor cairn 180m north of High Willhays summit
• Enclosure, two stone hut circles and an alignment of upright stones 780m north west of Little Links Tor
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• Round cairn 550m SSE of Longstone Hill summit
• Two round cairns 840m south west of Great Nodden
• Guide post at Place Cross
• Stone hut circle 420m south west of Lints Tor
• Deserted medieval site 1/2 mile (810m) W of Okehampton camp
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Experimental Parapets and Redoubt
• An alluvial tin streamwork adjacent to the Brim Brook
• Three cairns forming the westernmost part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross
• Milestone N of Lower Beardon
• Round cairn on Standon Hill
• Ring cairn 975m south of Sourton Tors
• Ring cairn 450m south of Willsworthy Camp
• Southern White Hill cairnfield
• Stone hut circle settlement 580m north east of White Hill summit
• Ring cairn 460m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Round cairn 750m NNW of East Okement Farm
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Icework at Sourton Tors
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• One of five cairns forming an outlying part of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Tor cairn on High Willhays summit
• Two partially enclosed stone hut circle settlements and a round cairn on the eastern slope of Oke Tor
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 540m east of Doe Tor
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Round cairn 230m south-west of White Hill summit forming part of White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 765m south-west of Great Nodden
• Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church
• Wayside cross at Eastcombe on the road between Durdon Cross and Eastcombe
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe
• Cairn forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 7
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 380m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Platform cairn 30m north west of Fordsland Ledge
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• Stone hut circle 610m ESE of Nodden Gate forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Village cross in Northlew, 40m south west of the church
• Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Tinners' building lying adjacent to the Black Ridge Brook and situated 1540m NNE of Fur Tor
• A stone hut circle forming part of an unenclosed settlement, and tinners' building at Watern Oke
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Linear and Curved Target Railways on F Range
• A cluster of five stone hut circles and associated boundary wall situated within a large enclosure 30m north-east of Ger Tor
• Stone hut circle 530m ESE of Nodden Gate forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• A stone hut circle 430m NE of Ger Tor forming part of a settlement situated within a large enclosure
• Stone hut circle 370m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill
• Two round cairns 540m ENE of Sourton Tors
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• Round cairn 240m north of Ger Tor
• Enclosure and unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 510m north of Deadlake Foot
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two stone hut circles 1000m north of Standon Down
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• North easternmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Tor cairn surrounding Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Round cairn 140m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Leawood Plantation barrow
• Churchyard cross 4m south of Honeychurch church
• Ring cairn 80m north-east of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery
• A cluster of five stone hut circles situated within a large enclosure 470m north-east of Ger Tor
• Ringwork, castle, town banks, site of Saxon town and defences
• Two stone hut circles and a field 340m south west of Lints Tor
• Quintin's Man round cairn
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Motte with two baileys and a multivallate hillfort at Burley Wood
• Round cairn 270m west of Great Nodden
• Westernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Round cairn 700m south of Sourton Tors
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Churchyard cross 12m south of Sampford Courtenay church
• Tinners' building 90m north east of the confluence of the Brim Brook and West Okement River
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 770m NNW of Little Links Tor
• Round cairn on Hangingstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Southern of five cairns forming an outlying part of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Three round cairns 420m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of White Hill round cairn cemetery
• Round cairn 610m north east of Great Nodden
• Stone hut circle settlement 330m south east of Great Nodden
• Two cairns forming the western edge of a cairnfield on the northern slope of White Hill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 290m north west of Lints Tor
• Round cairn 340m north of Hare Tor
• Cairn and cist forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Southernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down
• Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit
• Round cairn and stone cist 310m south of Walla Brook
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Stone circle, cairn alignment, cider millstone and boundary ditch 410m south east of Sourton Tors
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Stone hut circle 400m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Two cairns forming the north eastern edge of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Lake Down cairnfield 810m ESE and 780m east of Lake Viaduct
• Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors
• Stone cross adjoining Fitz or Fice's Well
• Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures
• Enclosed settlement 420m south of Doetor Farm
• Bowl barrow 350m south of Broomhill
• Eight stone hut circles and a shieling forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
• Tinners' building 680m north east of Fur Tor
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields north of Standon Down
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Northernmost stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
• Wheal Betsy pumping house
• The westernmost of four cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill
• Wayside cross at Durdon Cross
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Stone hut circle 630m north-east of Ger Tor
• Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke
• Round cairn 50m north west of Yes Tor summit
• Two round cairns 715m south-west of Great Nodden
• Round cairn 190m east of Doe Tor summit
• Hut circles and a length of enclosure wall, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement 600m east of Nodden Gate
• Cairnfield and associated earthworks on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Round cairn and cist on Black Down 1.6km east of Higher Bowden
• Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney
• Tor cairn 70m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Sixty stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke
• Two stone hut circles 310m south of Deadlake Foot
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 6 and Incline Target Carrier Railway
• A stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
• Round cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 310m SSW of Great Links Tor
• Two cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill
• A double stone hut circle and enclosure 280m south of Deadlake Foot
• Stone hut circle settlement 280m south-west of Deadlake Foot
• Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor
• Bidlake Mill and leat
• Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge