Sheepstor is a village, civil parish and former manor on the western side of Dartmoor in the county of Devon, England.

[4] The name probably derives from the Old English scyttel(s) meaning a bar or bolt, reflecting the shape of the nearby Sheeps Tor.

[5][6][7] The village church, dedicated to St Leonard, is built of granite and dates from the 15th century,[1] though a chapelry was first documented here in 1240.

[8] The church contains a fine rood screen which was reconstructed in 1914 by the then vicar Hugh Breton from drawings made of the original that had been removed in a 19th-century restoration.

[8] A local legend tells that the bell ropes of the church were once tied together and lowered into Crazywell Pool, 3.6 km to the north east of Sheepstor, in order to determine the depth.