Shaugh Bridge

This landscape of woodland and granite crags, apparently so natural, has been shaped by many generations of human activity. The remains of a 19th century iron mine, quarry tramway, and brick kiln as well as evidence of charcoal burning can be seen around.

From where the Rivers Plym and Meavy join, the land rises over 150 meters up to Wigford Down, where the landscape is littered with prehistoric stone structures. There are enclosures; the stone ramparts of a prehistoric fort; and hut circles, spread across the open moorland.