Bolt Tail

Bolt Tail

Bolt Tail is a headland in Devon, England. It is located immediately to the south west of Hope Cove in the South Hams district, at grid reference gbmappingsmall|SX670397.

Bolt Tail is the site of an Iron Age promontory fort, although little evidence now remains of this structure, it occupied a classic promontory defended from inland by a linear earthwork at some 60 Metres above Sea Level.

Bolt Tail marks the western end of a coastal walk through National Trust land to Salcombe, via Bolberry Down and Bolt Head at the mouth of the Salcombe Estuary.

On a day with good visibility it is possible to see far down the coast into Cornwall, as far as Dodman Point. Under very exceptional atmospheric conditions the Lizard Head in Cornwall is visible from Bolt Tail.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/outdoors/walks/hope_cove.shtml Walks around Bolt Tail]
* [http://www.tonyhowell.co.uk/afterglowbolttail.htm Photographs of Bolt Tail]


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