Bolt Tail
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Bolt Tail is a headland on the south coast of Devon, located immediately to the south-west of Hope Cove, and north-west of Bolt Head.
An Iron Age promontory fort stood on Bolt Tail, although little evidence now remains of this structure. It occupied a classic promontory defended from inland by a linear earthwork at some 200 feet above sea level.
Bolt Tail marks the western end of a coastal walk through National Trust land to Salcombe, by way of Bolberry Down and Bolt Head at the mouth of Salcombe Harbour.
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 Point in Cornwall is visible from Bolt Tail.
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- Location map: 50°14’32"N, 3°51’60"W
- Streetmap: SX670397
- Walks around Bolt Tail