English Heritage sites near Musbury Parish

Blackbury Camp

BLACKBURY CAMP

6 miles from Musbury Parish

An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.

Kingston Russell Stone Circle

KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE

19 miles from Musbury Parish

A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.

Abbotsbury, St Catherine's Chapel

ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL

19 miles from Musbury Parish

Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.

Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows

WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS

20 miles from Musbury Parish

A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.

Abbotsbury Abbey Remains

ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS

20 miles from Musbury Parish

Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.

The Nine Stones

THE NINE STONES

21 miles from Musbury Parish

Now in a wooded glade, this small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones was constructed around 4,000 years ago and is surrounded by a mysterious air. Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows are nearby.


Churches in Musbury Parish

St Michael's Musbury

Church Hill Musbury Exeter
(01297) 552307
http://www.holyford.org

We are a friendly village church with a service every Sunday, and regular events, including a monthly cafe in the Village Hall.

Our church contains the very fine Drake Monument.

We are part of Holyford Mission Community, which is a group composed of five parishes and six churches.

Please see our website for all details and news. http://holyford.org/


Pubs in Musbury Parish

Hind

The Street, Musbury, EX13 8AU
(01297) 553553
thehindmusbury.co.uk

The Hind is a free house situated on the crossroads of the A358, on The Street, in the village of Musbury, three miles south of Axminster. There is a public bar, and a lounge/restaurant, where good-value home-cooked food is available luncht...