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Trail Features
Location: Devon
Bolt Trail Iron-Age Fort
Dominating the western coastline of the Parish of South Huish is the promontory of Bolt Tail. At some time during the Iron Age between some 700BC to 50AD, our ancestors built a fort on the headland as a defence against invaders and raiders; a fort whose ramparts and hornworks are still obvious to this day.
Burleigh Dolts Iron-age Fort
At the eastern end of the Parish, some 800m north of Malborough Church are the remains of Burleigh Dolts Hillfort. The fort sits on the southern end of what was once a long droveway which ran the 20 miles or so up to Dartmoor. Although a well-preserved steep and substantial rampart survives on its northwest side, the major part of the site has been reduced by ploughing.
The Ruins of St Andrew’s Church – South Huish
Construction began in the C13th with improvements being added during the C15th and C16th. By the middle of the C19th the church was in need of substantial renovation, and this, combined with the loss of population in South Huish, caused a new church to be built in the neighbouring village of Galmpton. The ruins of the old church have been stabilised and are preserved by “Friends of Friendless Churches”.
Acknowledgement: The plates of the hillforts and of St Andrew’s Church have been painstakingly prepared by Mr Robert Waterhouse, an archaeologist resident in the South Hams.
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