
What is recorded here
Bolt Tail Camp is an Iron Age cliff castle on a narrow headland above Hope Cove, where a sixteen-foot earth rampart and stone facing still block the landward approach. The entrance cuts obliquely through the bank, while a lower camp near the water may have guarded fresh water and boats before a retreat upward. Rabbits have gnawed the ancient works for centuries, but the sea and steep cliffs did the heavier guarding.
The National Heritage List for England records Iron Age cliff castle known as Bolt Tail Camp as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bolt Tail Camp is an Iron Age cliff castle, likely built between 800 and 400 BCE by a local Celtic or pre-Roman Briton community. It is remembered for its strategic defensive position and as an example of early hillfort architecture in southern England.
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