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Hembury Castle
Mill Leat, Buckfastleigh, Devon
Grid ref: SX 7255 6843
On walking routes: Abbot's Way
Main image: Hembury Woods Fort - 5 metres from location - image by Guy Wareham (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Hembury Castle sits on a dramatic knoll above the River Dart, its earthworks still clearly visible despite nearly 900 years of weather and neglect. The climb is steep and the ground often boggy, but that isolation is precisely what makes the place feel authentic, a fortress built in earnest, not for show, watching over medieval trade routes and settlements.
- Grid reference: SX 7255 6843 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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