Murchington is a Village in the county of Devon.

Murchington postcode: TQ13 8HJ

Retail in Murchington

There are great places to visit near Murchington 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.

Cities to visit near Murchington include Exeter.

Murchington's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

Don't miss Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove's villages if visiting the area around Murchington.

Murchington's best nearby canals can be found at Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

The area close to Murchington boasts some of the best rivers and streams including East Lyn River.

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

Don't miss Valley of Rocks's geological features if visiting the area around Murchington.

Murchington is near some unmissable sssis like Dartmoor,

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

Dartmoor is a great place to visit close to Murchington if you like nature reserves.

The area around Murchington boasts some of the best towns including Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

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

The area around Murchington's best airports can be found at Exeter Airport.

The area around Murchington's best castles can be found at Berry Pomeroy Castle.

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

Murchington History

There are some historic monuments around Murchington:

• Cairn and cist 430m north east of Grimspound
• Hut circles on Bonehill Down
• Hut circles on Heatree Down
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Two Headland Warren boundary stones, 275m and 430m north of Birch Tor
• Two round cairns 400m north west of Scorhill Farm
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north eastern slope of Steeperton Tor
• Headland Warren boundary stone 570m NNE of Headland Warren Farm
• Four stone hut circles and associated boundary walls south east of Fernworthy Reservoir, 250m north west of Metherall
• Two round cairns 800m north west of Statts Bridge
• Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall
• Three Headland Warren boundary stones, 350m, 330m and 400m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Three agglomerated enclosures, a round cairn and part of the Stannon block field system lying within Great Stannon Newtake
• Camp 325yds (300m) SE of Archerton
• Hut circles on Hedge Down
• Meacombe burial chamber
• Cairnfield 370m west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Cairn on Chagford Common 320m west of West Vitifer Mine
• Hele Cross: a wayside cross 700m south east of Wormhill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 780m south west of Metherall
• Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Blackaton Ball tin mill
• Village cross, Cross Street
• Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White Tor
• Stone alignment 260m south of Higher White Tor
• Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement 740m north west of Hartland Tor
• Round cairn 80m south west of Little Hound Tor summit
• Two cairns on the summit of Water Hill 450m north west of Warren House Inn
• Stone hut circle 580m south west of Statts Bridge
• Two prehistoric settlements 1280m SSW of The Grey Wethers
• Three pillow mounds adjacent to Longaford Tor forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors
• A stone hut circle settlement and irregular aggregate field system at the northern tip of Long Ridge
• Round cairn on Watern Tor
• Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Cist on Whitehorse Hill, 910m south east of Taw Head
• Ring cairn 296m south east of Riddon Brake
• Week Down cross: a wayside cross 530m south west of Yellam
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Four round barrows on Soussons Down, 960m north west of Soussons
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval shelter 990m north east of Hawthorn Clitter, 1030m east of The Thirlstone
• Blowing Mill at Outer Down
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Gidleigh Castle (remains of)
• Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge
• A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Hut circle 300yds (270m) SW of Meacombe
• Linscott Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road 280m north west of Howton Farm
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring
• Five barrows on Hamel Down
• Quintin's Man round cairn
• Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross
• Cairnfield and field 1030m north west of Archerton
• Round cairn 480m south west of Higher White Tor
• Cairn 190m west of Archerton
• Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor
• Bennett's Cross: a wayside cross on the south side of the B3212, 900m north east of the Warren House Inn
• Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor
• Round cairn and Headland Warren boundary stone 210m north of Birch Tor
• Tor cairn 50m north east of Hookney Tor
• Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill
• Settlement W of Holwell Tor
• Stone alignment, hut circle settlement, medieval long house and post-medieval farmstead at Assycombe
• Round cairn 570m west of Stoneyhurst
• Cairn on Hameldown Tor
• Tinners' building in Great Stannon Newtake, 810m north west of Stannon Tor
• Round cairn 780m south of the Thirlstone
• Round cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor
• Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• Clapper Bridge, Postbridge
• Warren in Whiddon Park
• Cairn cemetery 880m south west of Wallabrook Bridge
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 400m north west of Scorhill stone circle
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements and their field systems at Hound Tor
• Broadun prehistoric enclosed settlement, 780m NNW of Archerton
• Three stone hut circles 300m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Cranbrook Castle
• Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers
• An agglomerated enclosed settlement 480m west of Stoneyhurst
• Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton
• Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor
• Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement 150m south east of Hookney Tor
• Four hut circles N of Bush Down
• Hut circles E of Pritton
• Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton
• Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor
• Chambered cairn 430m south of Buttern
• A platform cairn 240m NNE of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks
• Prestonbury Castle (hillfort)
• Round cairn and enclosure 930m south of Hound Tor
• Huts and fields on Hayne Down
• Stone hut circle 210m east of Scorhill stone circle
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• Two stone hut circles and field system, 590m south of Buttern, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott
• Deserted medieval settlement at Challacombe
• Five cairns, two stone alignments and three cists, forming part of a ritual complex on Lakehead Hill
• Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland Tor
• Prehistoric settlements, fields and enclosures within the Shapley Common coaxial field system, 770m south of Challacombe Cross
• Three agglomerated enclosures containing stone hut circles, a cairn cemetery, post-medieval fields and tinworks on Chagford Common
• Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Two stone hut circle settlements with an irregular aggregate field system east of Rival Tor, 900m south west of Buttern Hill
• Round cairn on Hangingstone Hill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock
• Two cairns on Cator Common
• Stone hut circle settlement 290m south east of Manga Rock
• Three hut circles at north end of Vogwell Down
• Blowing mill 260m south east of Teignhead Farm
• Chambered cairn 830m south of Buttern
• Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe Down
• Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon
• Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Pound NE of Holwell Tor
• Medieval settlement 470m east of Hartyland
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge
• Spinster's Rock
• Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344
• Wayside cross 225m north east of Scarhill Cross
• Stone hut circle and field system 580m north west of North Creaber, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Three hut circles E of Bush Down
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Broadun Ring, 500m north west of Hartland Tor
• Hospit Cross: a wayside cross at Bovey Cross, 900m NNE of North Bovey village
• Enclosure 200yds (180m) WSW of Meacombe
• Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Round cairn 530m north east of Gartaven Ford
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Cairn 500m NNW of Archerton
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill
• Stone circle 400m south west of Buttern Hill
• Two cairns 720m and 800m east of Higher White Tor
• Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake
• A partly enclosed stone hut circle settlement on Kennon Hill
• King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down
• Dispersed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields 490m south east of Silk House
• Roundy Park prehistoric enclosure and cairn with cist, 560m north east of Archerton
• Stone hut circle 140m north west of Higher Shilstone
• Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 670m south of The Grey Wethers
• Cairn on Hurston Ridge 1km north west of Warren House Inn
• A ring cairn 700m south east of Runnage Bridge, on the southern side of Soussons Down
• Cairnfield 790m north west of Stoneyhurst
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns containing cists and a post-medieval building 440m NNW of Powder Mills
• Hamel Down Cross
• Two hut circles NW of Bush Down
• Cairnfield 760m west of Stoneyhurst
• Two stone hut circles 850m WSW of the confluence of Gallaven Brook and Walla Brook, 1045m north east of the Thirlstone
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 900m and 940m north west of Warren House Inn
• Two hut circles E of Foxes Holt
• Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source
• White Moor Stone
• Hut circles W of Higher Shapley
• A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook
• Stone hut circle 380m north west of North Creaber
• North Bovey village cross: a wayside cross at the south west end of North Bovey village green
• Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton
• Hameldown Beacon barrow
• Beetor Cross: the site of a wayside cross and a later, 18th century, waymarker 230m south east of Beetor
• Scorhill stone circle, three cairns and a length of reave
• Hillerton Cross
• Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons
• Hut circle NE of Thornworthy Lodge
• Kistvaen 325yds (300m) S of Archerton
• Stone hut circle 215m south east of Hartland Tor
• Round cairn on Long Ridge 800m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Leapra Cross: a wayside cross at the entrance to Moor Gate Farm
• A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge
• Circular enclosure 290m north of Great Parford
• The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge
• Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor
• Round cairn 80m SSW of White Moor stone circle
• Stone hut circle 450m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft