Giant's Hedge
The Giant's Hedge is the remains of a wall from the Dark Ages which runs for ten miles from Looe to Lerryn. In some places it is still twelve feet high and it was recorded as being 16 feet high in Victorian times. Where it is best preserved, it is stone-faced and has a ditch running alongside. It is thought that it marked and defended the border of a Cornish Kingdom, which was otherwise surrounded by water from the River Fowey to the West Looe River.
On walks
- Looe woodland, river and coast (3 mile walk)
- Kilminorth Woods and the Giant's Hedge (3.1 mile walk)
- Talland Bay to Looe (6.8 mile walk)
Also mentioned in walks
- Lerryn to St Veep (5 mile walk)