5 miles from Sydenham Damerel Parish

This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.

7 miles from Sydenham Damerel 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.

8 miles from Sydenham Damerel Parish

Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th-century tower on a mound, built as a prison.

9 miles from Sydenham Damerel Parish

The group of monuments at Merrivale is one of the finest on Dartmoor: side by side here are the remains of a Bronze Age settlement and a complex of ritual sites.

10 miles from Sydenham Damerel Parish

Three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England.

11 miles from Sydenham Damerel 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.