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The Giant's Hedge

Between Lerryn and Looe, Cornwall

'One day when the Devil had nothing to do, he built the Giant's Hedge from Lerryn to Looe.'

The Giant's Hedge is a great bank and ditch that runs for around nine miles across south-east Cornwall. Legend says a giant, or the Devil, built it.

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When
Early medieval
Where
50.3850, -4.5900
Group
Hill figures & giants

Visiting

Sections can be seen from footpaths near Lerryn and West Looe.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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