English Heritage sites near St. Neot Parish
KING DONIERT'S STONE
3 miles from St. Neot Parish
Two richly carved pieces of a 9th century 'Celtic' cross, with an inscription commemorating Dumgarth, British King of Dumnonia, who drowned in c. AD 875.
TRETHEVY QUOIT
5 miles from St. Neot Parish
This well-preserved and impressive Neolithic 'dolmen' burial chamber stands 2.7 metres (8.9 ft) high. There are five standing stones, surmounted by a huge capstone.
HURLERS STONE CIRCLES
5 miles from St. Neot Parish
Three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England.
RESTORMEL CASTLE
7 miles from St. Neot Parish
Great 13th-century circular shell-keep of Restormel still encloses the principal rooms of the castle in remarkably good condition, standing on an earlier Norman mound surrounded by a deep dry ditch.
DUPATH WELL
12 miles from St. Neot Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
LAUNCESTON CASTLE
13 miles from St. Neot Parish
Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest, unusual in that during rebuilding one tower was constructed with the remains of the older.
Churches in St. Neot Parish
St Neot: St Neot
St Neot
Plymouth
http://www.saintneot.church/
Welcome to the parish church of St Neot: St Neot in the Anglican Diocese of Truro and county of Cornwall England.
Visit our website for more information: www.saintneot.church
Pubs in St. Neot Parish
Colliford Tavern
Halfway House
Twowatersfoot, PL14 6HR
(01208) 821763
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