Dolton is a small village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, south-west England, surrounded, clockwise from the north, by Beaford, Ashreigney, Winkleigh, Dowland, Meeth, Huish and Merton.

The name may mean "farmstead in the open country frequented by doves" (Old English dūfe + feld + tūn).

Anthony Horneck FRS, the Protestant theologian, lived in Dolton between 1670 and 1671.

[4] Henry Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland, lived at a house called Little Cudworthy and died there in 1997.

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts lived at Halsdon House near the village for some years until his death in 2021.