Bovey Heathfield Local Nature Reserve - Haunted History

Bovey Tracey, Devon

In the Bovey Heathfield Local Nature Reserve on the edge of Dartmoor an English Civil War battle is said to replay. The original battle took place here on 9 January, 1646. Royalist troops, led by lord Wentworth, were encamped on the heath, the Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell and General Fairfax advanced westwards through Devon, engaging Wentworth's company here.

Bovey Heathfield Local Nature Reserve Map

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