Churches & Chapels

North Gate

The North Gate and precinct boundaries of Buckfast Abbey, a scheduled monument marking the medieval monastic enclosure.

St Michaels Chapel Remains.

Lutton, Buckfastleigh

Scattered stones on open moorland mark the foundations of a medieval chapel, a solitary place of worship in Dartmoor's high country.

Tavistock Abbey

Scheduled monument remains of a medieval Benedictine abbey in Tavistock town, founded in the 10th century.

Tavistock Methodist Church

Tavistock

Methodist church in Tavistock offering weekly services, youth and children's groups, and community events including Alpha courses and Messy Church.

Cabell Chest Tomb near Church of Holy Trinity

Buckfastleigh

The tomb of Squire Richard Cabell (d. 1677) of Brook Hall, Buckfastleigh, sealed under an iron-barred stone structure locally known as "the Sepulchre." Local legend held that a phantom pack of hounds ran with him across the moor, and the tomb is the leading, though unconfirmed, candidate for the real legend behind Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Chagford Methodist Church (Providence Chapel)

Chagford

Providence Methodist Chapel, established in 1839, is one of the oldest chapels in the West Devon Methodist Circuit and the Methodist presence in Chagford.

Chapel E of parish church

Remains of a medieval chapel, a scheduled monument set within the landscape of Dartmoor.

Chapel of St Lawrence

A Grade II* listed chapel dedicated to St Lawrence, likely medieval in origin, standing on the high moor.

Church of Our Lady

A Grade II* listed church dedicated to Our Lady and St Mary Magdalene, rooted in Dartmoor's medieval religious landscape.