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Devon has plenty of English Heritage sites to explore
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This summer, visit some of these amazing English Heritage locations and learn a bit more about the wonderful history of Devon
Most of us will need to stay closer to home this summer but there are lots of opportunities for sight-seeing and wonder right on your doorstep you may not have known about. English Heritage looks after over 400 buildings, monuments, and locations of interest across the country. It can be hard to pick where to visit, so we ve put together a handy guide to Devon heritage sites that you can visit for free.
Winterbourne Poor Lots Barrows
Just a short walk from available parking, lies the huge burial mounds of Winterbourne Poor Lot. Straddling the A35, there are 44 mounds of various sizes to walk among here. The cemetery dates back to around 1500BC and is part of the much larger Dorset Bronze Age history. You can learn more about the barrows and how to identify the differences between them here.
Less than a 10 minute drive from Winterbourne is another amazing Neolithic site to enjoy. On the hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury is the Kingston Russel Stone Circle. This next stop can be a little hard to find as it is not signposted, but it offers a pleasant short walk to the field where the stones lie. The circle is thought to be part of a larger monument from the late Neolithic period over 4000 years ago. You can learn more about their uses here.
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