Ponsworthy is a Village in the county of Devon.

Ponsworthy postcode: TQ13 7PJ

Retail in Ponsworthy

There are great places to visit near Ponsworthy 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 close to Ponsworthy boasts some of the best cities including Exeter.

Ponsworthy has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like 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 Ponsworthy best villages to visit near Ponsworthy.

There are a number of canals near Ponsworthy including Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Ponsworthy include East Lyn River.

Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove are some of Ponsworthy best beaches to visit near Ponsworthy.

Valley of Rocks is one of Ponsworthy's best, nearby geological features to visit in Ponsworthy.

There are a several good sssis in the area around Ponsworthy like Dartmoor.

The area close to Ponsworthy boasts some of the best hiking areas including Dartmoor.

Ponsworthy is near some unmissable nature reserves like Dartmoor,

Don't miss Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton's towns if visiting the area around Ponsworthy.

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

There are a several good airports in the area around Ponsworthy like Exeter Airport.

Places near Ponsworthy feature a number of interesting castles including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Berry Pomeroy Castle is one of Ponsworthy's best, nearby ruins to visit in Ponsworthy.

Ponsworthy History

There are some historic monuments around Ponsworthy:

• Four hut circles N of Bush Down
• Enclosure with hut circles north of Bala Brook intake
• King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down
• Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Eight cairns forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge and a stone alignment immediately west of Horn's Cross
• Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe Down
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks
• Cist and cairn 590m SSE of Skir Ford
• Knatta Barrow
• Cairn 500m NNW of Archerton
• Hameldown Beacon barrow
• Hut circle 400yds (370m) SE of Swincombe
• Tinners' building in Great Stannon Newtake, 810m north west of Stannon Tor
• Hut circles on Hedge Down
• Cairn 240m north of Crownley Parks
• Hut circle and field system NW of Saddle Bridge
• Hembury Castle
• Dispersed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields 490m south east of Silk House
• Camp 325yds (300m) SE of Archerton
• Enclosure and hut circle N of Old Hill
• Hut circles SE of Yar Tor
• Blowing mill 260m south east of Teignhead Farm
• Blowing house on Down Ridge
• Two cairns with two cists and a stone hut circle on the east facing slope of Lakehead Hill forming part of a ritual complex
• Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge
• Broadun prehistoric enclosed settlement, 780m NNW of Archerton
• Wayside cross 1120m ENE of Childe's Tomb
• Stone row, cairn and enclosures near Hook Lane, Erme Valley
• Bennett's Cross: a wayside cross on the south side of the B3212, 900m north east of the Warren House Inn
• Settlement on Smallacombe Rocks
• Blackaton Ball tin mill
• Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons
• An agglomerated enclosure and two stone hut circles 580m west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains
• Cairn on Corndon Tor
• Enclosure SE of Dockwell Hole
• Ouldsbroom Cross
• Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River Avon
• Hunter's Tor camp
• Hut circles E of the Saddle Tor
• Earthwork in Houndtor Wood
• Hut enclosure N of Old Hill
• Three agglomerated enclosures, a round cairn and part of the Stannon block field system lying within Great Stannon Newtake
• Prehistoric fields and settlements north east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
• Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake
• Hospit Cross: a wayside cross at Bovey Cross, 900m NNE of North Bovey village
• Unenclosed stone hut settlement on the east side of the Erme Valley, north Harford Moor
• Cairn 190m west of Archerton
• Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton
• Western White Barrow
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring
• Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor
• Pound NE of Holwell Tor
• Hawson Cross
• Two cairns at Ausewell Rocks
• Four stone hut circles and associated boundary walls south east of Fernworthy Reservoir, 250m north west of Metherall
• Stone hut circle 215m south east of Hartland Tor
• Stone hut circle 580m south west of Statts Bridge
• Eastern White Barrow
• Enclosure with hut circles north of Bala Brook intake
• Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system
• Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom
• Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains E of River Erme
• Four cairns on Holne Lee 1140m north west of Greatcombe
• Round cairn on Long Ridge 800m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Enclosure and fields N of Yar Tor
• Hut circle village 600yds (548m) SE of Swincombe
• Hut circles and field systems E of Mel Tor
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement and three round cairns 870m south east of Horn's Cross
• Two hut circles on the right bank of Red Brook
• Hut circles E of Pritton
• A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook
• Leapra Cross: a wayside cross at the entrance to Moor Gate Farm
• Hut circles and field system SW of Combestone Wood
• Cairn on Hurston Ridge 1km north west of Warren House Inn
• Medieval settlement 470m east of Hartyland
• Hut circles in Erme Valley
• Two hut circles NW of Bush Down
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 900m and 940m north west of Warren House Inn
• Five barrows on Hamel Down
• Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake
• Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy
• Blowing house at junction of Hook Lake and River Erme
• Deserted medieval settlement at Challacombe
• Enclosure and hut circles in Erme Valley on east side of Stall Moor
• Stall Moor circle and long stone row
• Seven Lords' Lands round barrow
• Holne Chase Castle
• Hut circles W of Higher Shapley
• Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam
• Four cairns 560m east of Hapstead Ford and 1660m east of Ryder's Hill, forming part of a cairn cemetery in the Mardle Valley
• Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Broadun Ring, 500m north west of Hartland Tor
• Stone hut circle on Down Ridge 480m south west of Saddle Bridge
• Four cairns 310m south of Horn's Cross forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement and round cairn 880m south west of Venford Reservoir dam
• Horn's Cross
• Three enclosed hut groups, Huntingdon Warren
• Two cairns on Cator Common
• Hut circles on Heatree Down
• Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields, Blackslade Down
• The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast Abbey
• Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross
• North Bovey village cross: a wayside cross at the south west end of North Bovey village green
• Kistvaen 325yds (300m) S of Archerton
• Yar Tor stone row and adjacent cist
• A cairn and cist 380m west and a cairn and standing stone 370m south west of Bellever Tor, forming an outlying part of a cairn cemetery
• Ring cairn on Holne Moor 430m south west of Seale's Stoke
• Roundy Park prehistoric enclosure and cairn with cist, 560m north east of Archerton
• Hele Cross: a wayside cross 700m south east of Wormhill
• Enclosure and hut circles E of Huntingdon Ford
• Blowing house N of Dry Lake
• Five round barrows on Black Hill
• Tor cairn 50m north east of Hookney Tor
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 670m south of The Grey Wethers
• Down Ridge stone circle and outlying standing stone 570m and 650m south of Forest Inn
• Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
• Hut circles and enclosure to S of Left Lake
• Lizwell Bridge
• Hut circles in Erme Pound E of River Erme
• Enclosure and hut circles at junction of Blatchford Bottom and River Erme
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 350m south west of Horn's Cross
• Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Outer Huccaby Ring and associated irregular aggregate field system
• Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 340m south west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 560m west of Horn's Cross
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement 740m north west of Hartland Tor
• Cairn on Chagford Common 320m west of West Vitifer Mine
• Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke
• Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor
• Three round cairns 960m and 920m north east of Outer Huccaby Ring
• Enclosure WSW of Dockwell Hole
• Wayside cross on Down Ridge 1.1km south west of Saddle Bridge
• Hut 700yds (640m) NW of Sharp Tor
• Round cairn 580m south of Horn's Cross forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge
• Irregular aggregate field system and stone hut circle 755m north east of Dunnabridge Pound Farm
• Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross
• Riders Rings (The Rings)
• Stone alignment, hut circle settlement, medieval long house and post-medieval farmstead at Assycombe
• Stone cross on Ter Hill
• Beetor Cross: the site of a wayside cross and a later, 18th century, waymarker 230m south east of Beetor
• Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 420m north west and 440m west of Horn's Cross
• Blowing house and mill at Gobbet
• Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall
• A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever Tor
• Hamel Down Cross
• Haytor granite tramway
• Round cairn and Headland Warren boundary stone 210m north of Birch Tor
• Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren
• Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source
• Two stone hut circles and a length of boundary walling 250m west of Rippon Tor
• Cairn on Hameldown Tor
• Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland Tor
• Ring cairn 296m south east of Riddon Brake
• Three stone hut circles 780m SSW of Venford Reservoir dam
• Hut circle and fields, Bishop's Mead
• Earthworks in Boro' Wood
• Huts and fields NE of Rippon Tor
• Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down
• A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Three agglomerated enclosures containing stone hut circles, a cairn cemetery, post-medieval fields and tinworks on Chagford Common
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 780m south west of Metherall
• Sherberton stone circle 315m SSE of Little Sherberton
• Stone hut circle 450m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Four round barrows on Soussons Down, 960m north west of Soussons
• Clapper Bridge, Postbridge
• Dovecote 100m north of Pridhamsleigh
• Prehistoric settlements, fields and enclosures within the Shapley Common coaxial field system, 770m south of Challacombe Cross
• Three stone hut circles 300m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Headland Warren boundary stone 570m NNE of Headland Warren Farm
• Ringleshutes tinwork
• Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system and other archaeological remains on Holne Moor west and north west of Venford Reservoir
• Ring cairn on Holne Ridge 860m north west of Hapstead Ford and 1180m north east of Ryder's Hill
• Hut circle at Tunhill Rocks
• Two round cairns 800m north west of Statts Bridge
• Hut circles E of Southway
• Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 600m west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Pound at Newbridge
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement 150m south east of Hookney Tor
• Cairns N of Corndon Tor
• The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge
• Huts and fields on Hayne Down
• Cairn on northern Harford Moor
• Blowing houses at Week Ford
• Three Headland Warren boundary stones, 350m, 330m and 400m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Brimpts Mine, three prehistoric settlements and associated reaves 550m north west of Outer Huccaby Ring
• Three hut circles E of Bush Down
• Two Headland Warren boundary stones, 275m and 430m north of Birch Tor
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements and their field systems at Hound Tor
• Medieval farmstead 340m south east of Cold East Cross
• Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor
• Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks
• Two double stone alignments, cairn and standing stone 700m south west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Chapel E of parish church
• Burial chamber on Blackslade Down
• Stone row N of Yarner Wells
• Two prehistoric settlements 1280m SSW of The Grey Wethers
• Wayside cross on Down Ridge 730m south west of Saddle Bridge
• Huccaby Ring
• Three enclosed hut groups, Black Tor, Shipley Bridge
• A ring cairn 700m south east of Runnage Bridge, on the southern side of Soussons Down
• Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344
• Settlement W of Holwell Tor
• Cairn and cist 430m north east of Grimspound
• Two cairns and a cist 300yds (270m) NW of Swincombe intake
• Two conjoined huts between two enclosures north of Bala Brook intake
• Enclosure with hut circles and rectangular pens, south of Bala Brook
• Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge
• Sanduck Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road 45m south west of Sanduck Farm
• Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers
• Two stone hut circles 80m and 130m north of Rippon Tor
• Three hut circles at north end of Vogwell Down
• Hut circles and fields on Buckland Common
• Medieval farmstead and field system, post-medieval tinworks, prehistoric settlements and cairns north and west of Gibby Coombe
• Two cairns on the summit of Water Hill 450m north west of Warren House Inn
• Five cairns, two stone alignments and three cists, forming part of a ritual complex on Lakehead Hill
• Hut circles on Bonehill Down