English Heritage sites near Dunton Bassett Parish

Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber

PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER

1000 miles from Dunton Bassett Parish

A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.

Halliggye Fogou

HALLIGGYE FOGOU

1000 miles from Dunton Bassett Parish

Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.

Innisidgen Lower and Upper Burial Chambers

INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS

1000 miles from Dunton Bassett Parish

Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.

Harry's Walls

HARRY'S WALLS

1000 miles from Dunton Bassett Parish

An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.

Garrison Walls

GARRISON WALLS

1000 miles from Dunton Bassett Parish

You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Cromwell's Castle

CROMWELL'S CASTLE

1000 miles from Dunton Bassett Parish

The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.


Churches in Dunton Bassett Parish

Dunton Bassett: All Saints

Church Lane Dunton Bassett Lutterworth
01455 202935
https://sites.google.com/site/uppersoarbenefice6/dunton-bassett

One of six churches in the Upper Soar Benefice. See "Our Web Site" for more details.

 

 


Pubs in Dunton Bassett Parish

Dunton Bassett Arms

Bennetts Hill, Dunton Bassett, LE17 5JJ
(01455) 209786

In 1912 this building replaced the original inn which was a low thatched structure dating back to at least the 1720s. Throughout its existence the pub was known as The Shoulder of Mutton until 1988 when it was renamed The Dunton Bassett Arm...