On the highest point of the Blackdown Hills, Wellington Monument was erected in celebration of the Duke of Wellesley and his victory at Waterloo. Building began in 1817 but the Duke never saw it finished.
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The only complete Elizabethan beacon which was used as a look-out over the Blackdown Hills towards other beacons as a means of keeping watch for approaching enemies such as the Spanish Armada. They could then light fires which would be seen for miles. It was rebuilt in 1870 after it collapsed.
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Horses and cows on the Blackdown Hills at Culmstock.
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Hembury is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure dating from a period BC onwards to the Roman invasion. The fort is situated on a promontory to the north of and overlooking the River Otter valley at approx 178 metres above sea level.
It has given its name to some of the earliest Neolithic pottery in southern Britain. An Iron Age hill fort was later built on the same site. During an excavation headed by Malcolm Todd, archaeological evidence was found on the site of Roman military occupation, suggesting a fort within the existing Iron Age site.
This view reaches to Exmoor.
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The highest point on the Blackdown Hills which stretch from Somerset into Devon.