Penquit is a Village in the county of Devon.

Penquit postcode: PL21 0LU

Retail in Penquit

There are great places to visit near Penquit 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.

Exeter is one of Penquit's best, nearby cities to visit in Penquit.

Penquit has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

There are a number of villages near Penquit 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 Penquit.

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

Beaches to visit near Penquit include Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

Places near Penquit feature a number of interesting geological features including Valley of Rocks.

Penquit is near some unmissable sssis like Dartmoor,

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Penquit like Dartmoor.

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Penquit like Dartmoor.

There are a several good towns in the Penquit area like Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

The area close to Penquit boasts some of the best parks including Bicton Park.

Airports to visit near Penquit include Exeter Airport.

There are a number of castles near to Penquit including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Ruins to visit near Penquit include Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Penquit History

There are some historic monuments around Penquit:

• Medieval dovecote at Bigbury Court
• Pillow mound 180m north west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
• The middle one of three stone hut circles south west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
• Hentor Warren boundary stone standing 200m south east of Hen Tor
• Cairn with a cist east of Willings Walls Reave
• The middle one of three enclosures north of Ford Waste
• Medieval farmstead and field system, length of Willings Walls Reave, four round cairns, a ring cairn and pillow mounds at Willings Walls Warren
• Blowing house at junction of Hook Lake and River Erme
• Cross Dyke reave
• Enclosure on the west side of the Erme valley below Stalldown
• Cairn near summit of Brent Fore Hill
• Cairn south of Stalldown stone alignment
• Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon
• One of two cairns west of Penn Beacon
• Stone row, cairn and enclosures near Hook Lane, Erme Valley
• One of three cairns on Three Barrows, Ugborough Moor
• Agglomerated enclosure on the west side of the Erme Valley below Stalldown
• The northern of three stone hut circles south west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
• Blowing house N of Yealm Steps
• Cairn on northern Harford Moor
• Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe
• Round cairn on Lee Moor 950m south east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
• Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains
• Enclosure and hut circle N of Old Hill
• Cairn north-east of Harrowthorn Plantation
• One of two stone hut circles north of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
• Stone hut circle 930m ENE of Big Pond
• Cairn above the south-west bank of the East Glaze Brook
• Three stone hut circles 340m west of Hen Tor forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• A ring cairn 490m north east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
• Cairn west of Stalldown
• Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton
• Cairn on Glasscombe Ball
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 330m south west of Hen Tor
• Enclosure with hut circles south-west of Penn Beacon
• Enclosure 560m south east of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm
• Enclosure with hut circles north of Harrowthorn Plantation
• One of several stone hut circles north of Corringdon Ball
• Glaze Meet blowing house (Tinner's Foundry)
• Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom
• Enclosure with hut circles north of Corringdon Ball
• Part of Penn Moor contour reave incorporating two stone hut circles and an enclosed hut settlement
• Cairn on Piles Hill
• One of a number of cairns at Black Pool
• Bowl barrow 470m south of Borough Farm
• Cairn south-east of Lower Piles
• Iron Age promontory fort known as Oldaport Camp
• Enclosure with hut circles and rectangular pens, south of Bala Brook
• Medieval settlement on Ford Waste
• Riders Rings (The Rings)
• Slight univallate hillfort known as Holbury Camp, 750m east of Holwell Lodge
• Deer park pale, 460m north east of Lyneham House
• Cairn to the west of Tristis Rock, Burford Down
• Pillow mound 450m west of Hen Tor forming part of Hentor Warren
• Pillow mound 100m south east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
• One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon
• Cairn above the south-west bank of the East Glaze Brook
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement west of Butter Brook Reservoir
• Cairn south-east of Higher Piles
• Cairn east of the northern end of the stone alignment south-west of Glasscombe Corner
• Cairn near summit of Ugborough Beacon
• Cairn 800m ENE of Big Pond
• Cairn to the east of Hangershell Rock
• Enclosure with a hut circle on the west side of Corringdon Ball
• Enclosure and hut circles at Piles Corner
• One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
• Cairn on Sharp Tor
• Stone hut circle north-east of Hentor Brook
• Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate
• Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains E of River Erme
• Medieval holy well known as St Ann's Well, 120m south of Holwell Farm
• The southern of three stone hut circles south west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
• Enclosure west of Ford Brook
• Unenclosed stone hut settlement north-east of Yadsworthy
• One of two stone hut circles north of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
• One of three cairns on Three Barrows, Ugborough Moor
• A deserted medieval settlement and post medieval farmstead 510m north east of East Rook Gate
• Butterdon Hill stone alignment and cairn
• One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon
• One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor
• Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, a contemporary field system, post-medieval buildings and two lengths of leat 310m south east of Yealm Steps
• Cist 430m ESE of Yealm Steps
• Vermin trap 90m west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
• Cairn on Piles Hill
• One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon
• Cairn with a cist, one of several cairns on Lee Moor
• Round barrow NW of Harbourneford
• Hut enclosure N of Old Hill
• Stone alignment and two cairns to the north-west of Glasscombe Ball
• Long cairn east of Butterdon Hill
• Enclosure west of Shell Top
• Eight pillow mounds and a vermin trap on the northern slope of Little Trowlesworthy Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
• One of several stone hut circles north of Corringdon Ball
• Enclosure SE of Dockwell Hole
• Five stone hut circles 500m south east of Yealm Steps forming part of a large stone hut circle settlement
• Stone alignment and terminal cairns south-west of Glasscombe Corner
• Two round cairns 600m ENE of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
• Pillow mound 160m south west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
• One of several stone hut circles north of Corringdon Ball
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on the western edge of Lee Moor
• Hut circles and enclosure to S of Left Lake
• Three unenclosed stone hut circles on the west side of the Erme Valley, north of Lower Piles
• Enclosure and hut circles at junction of Blatchford Bottom and River Erme
• Two fallen standing stones east of Hangershell Rock
• Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon
• Tor cairn on Shell Top
• Stone hut circle settlement 600m ENE of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
• Huts and fields on Penn Moor near Broadall Lake
• One of several stone hut circles west of High-house Waste
• Deserted post-medieval farmstead and part of the surrounding field system at High House Waste
• Enclosure with hut circles in Higher Piles newtake
• Cairn with a cist, one of several on the western edge of Lee Moor
• Round Barrow on Dendles Waste (Kerbed cairn with cist in Dendles Waste, 920m SSW of Yealm Steps)
• Two stone hut circles north of Spanish Lake, Lee Moor
• Stone hut circle east of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
• Cairn south-east of Shell Top
• One of several stone hut circles near enclosures north of Ford Waste
• Stone alignment and retaining kerb on Burford Down
• Cist east of Hangershell Rock
• Enclosure with hut circles north of Scad Brook
• Two cairns south-east of the stone alignment south-west of Glasscombe Corner
• Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon
• Stone hut circle north of Hentor Brook
• Ring cairn on Shell Top
• Spurrell's Cross
• Four round cairns 1060m south east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
• Stone hut circle on Corringdon Ball
• One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate
• Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles, south of Lower Piles
• Enclosure and hut circles in Erme Valley on east side of Stall Moor
• Enclosure with hut circles north of Bala Brook intake
• Hillson's House cairn, Stalldown
• Stone hut circle 460m south east of Penn Beacon
• Cairn with a cist on the eastern slope of Brent Fore Hill
• Enclosure and stone hut circle 740m south east of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
• One of a number of cairns at Black Pool
• Two hut circles on the right bank of Red Brook
• Cholwich Town contour reave, cairn and two enclosures
• Enclosure with hut circles west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, a round cairn and a boundary stone 760m WSW of Shell Top
• One of three cairns on Three Barrows, Ugborough Moor
• Enclosure WSW of Dockwell Hole
• The Goreus Stone, immediately west of St Bartholomew's Church
• Cairn south of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor
• Stone alignment north of Glasscombe Upper Plantation
• Bowl barrow on Churchland Green 350m west of Coldharbour Farm
• Cairn NW of Beacon Plain
• Roman settlement site at Bantham Ham
• Multiple stone alignment and associated cairns west of Glasscombe Upper Plantation
• The northern of three enclosures north of Ford Waste
• Cairn north-west of Butterdon Hill
• Spurrell's Cross stone alignment and cairn.
• One of a number of cairns at Black Pool
• One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate
• Two cairns on the south side of Ugborough Beacon
• Cairn north of Glasscombe Ball
• Round cairn 740m south east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
• Enclosures and hut circles N of Tory Brook Head
• Blowing house N of Dry Lake
• Cairn south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor
• Cairn west of Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball
• Two ring cairns 330m south east of Coldharbour Cross
• Cairn on Eastern Beacon
• Stall Moor circle and long stone row
• Enclosure with hut circles west of Glasscombe Corner
• One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
• Knatta Barrow
• One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross
• Cairn on Piles Hill
• Enclosure with hut circles to the north-east of Piles Copse
• Chambered cairn in Cuckoo Ball newtake
• Enclosure east of an agglomerated enclosure south-east of Yealm Steps
• Unenclosed stone hut settlement on the east side of the Erme Valley, north Harford Moor
• Medieval hut NW of Dendles Wood
• Cist with a retaining kerb north-west of Corringdon Ball
• Enclosure on Stalldown
• Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon
• Bowl barrow 660m south west of Woodland Barton
• Enclosure with hut circles north of Bala Brook intake
• Cairn on Weatherdon Hill
• Five stone hut circles 320m east of Yealm Steps forming part of a large stone hut circle settlement
• One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
• One of several stone hut circles near enclosures north of Ford Waste
• Two round barrows on Ridding Down
• Cairn near Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball
• The southern of three enclosures north of Ford Waste
• Cairn on Weatherdon Hill
• Remains of chapel on Brent Hill
• Chambered cairn at Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball
• Hut circles in Erme Valley
• Three enclosed hut groups, Black Tor, Shipley Bridge
• Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles on Corringdon Ball
• Hilltop enclosure at Yellowberries Copse, 430m west of Higher Turtley
• Four bowl barrows 270m west of The Downs
• One of a number of cairns at Black Pool
• Two conjoined huts between two enclosures north of Bala Brook intake
• Stone alignment on Piles Hill
• Long barrow and two bowl barrows, 200m south east of Chapelcombe
• Eastern White Barrow
• Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe
• Hut circles and fields on Dendles Waste
• One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon
• Cairn in north-east corner of Lower Piles
• Stone hut circle south west of Corringdon Ball
• Stone hut circle south of Penn Moor enclosed stone hut settlement
• Enclosure and stone hut circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
• One of two stone hut circles on Corringdon Ball, north of Corringdon Farm
• Cairn NNW of Beacon Plain
• Vermin trap 130m west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
• Unenclosed stone hut settlement with enclosures north of Piles Copse
• Two hut circles on the south-east slope of Stalldown
• Vermin trap at southern base of Great Trowlesworthy Tor
• One of two stone hut circles on Corringdon Ball, north of Corringdon Farm
• Stone alignment and cairns on Stalldown
• One of several stone hut circles near enclosures north of Ford Waste
• Hillfort on Brent Hill
• Three bowl barrows 140m west of Borough Farm
• Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles
• Double stone alignment with a large cairn south-west of Penn Beacon
• One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill
• Stone hut circle west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
• Vermin trap 350m south west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
• Hentor Warren boundary stone standing on Lee Moor 860m south west of Hen Tor
• Part of Penn Moor contour reave