2018

SX6444 : Burgh Island - The Pilchard Inn

taken 5 years ago, near to Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon, England

Burgh Island - The Pilchard Inn
Burgh Island - The Pilchard Inn
Taken from the SX6443 : Burgh Island - Sea Tractor III approaching Burgh Island from the tide-covered sandy isthmus between it and the mainland. The Pilchard Inn dates from c.1336 and is a very cosy pub open to visitors to this little tidal island. It is part of the Burgh Island Hotel complex.
Burgh Island :: SX6443

Burgh Island is only actually an island for a few hours every day around high tide; the rest of the time it is linked to the mainland by a sandy isthmus.
It has an area of about 35 acres (14 ha) and a resident population of c.12, boosted by the hotel staff and guests.
The main building on the island is the Art Deco hotel dating from 1929 on the site of an earlier house. There is also the Pilchard Inn (owned by the hotel) which is open to visitors to the island, and three other dwellings.
At the highest point of the island (48m, 158') is the ruin of a Huer's Lookout on the site of (and perhaps incorporating part of) the former St Michael's Chapel. Adjacent to this is a covered reservoir with what looks to be the remains of a WWII gun emplacement.
There are several public footpaths across the island although some of the land is private to the hotel.
The Huer (mentioned above) was a fisherman who would look out for the shoals of herring in the surrounding seas and call out (hue) to direct the fishermen to the shoals.
For more information visit the links below:
Hotel website: LinkExternal link
EH Grade II listing: LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Coastal Business, Retail, Services Islands Place: Burgh Island Primary Subject: Inn
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Pilchard [22] · Burgh Island and the Mainland [15] · Hotel [12] · Approaching [5] ·
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SX6444, 175 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 16 December, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 21 December, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 6484 4400 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:16.8270N 3:53.9015W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 6493 4405
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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