Location: Buckfastleigh, Devon.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Church
File Size: 51MB
Church of the Holy Trinity Buckfastleigh spectacularly sited on the high hill east of Buckfastleigh the shell of Holy Trinity retains its 13th century tower despite an arson attack in 1992 the transepts may also be 13th century and the aisles 15th century in the churchyard is the 17th century Cabel tomb the source of many legends concerning the wicked Squire Richard Cabel and his pack of hellish hounds that are said to haunt the moor certainly they inspired part of Arthur Conan DoyleÕs The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock HolmesÕs most famous case South Devon South West England UK atmospheric; religious; religion; churchyard; graveyard; tombs; graves; gravestones; tombstones; grass; trees; history; heritage; historic building; listed building; English Heritage; sunny; sunshine; sunlight; shadows; blue sky; clouds; tourism; tourist attraction; holiday; vacation; travel; horizontal; landscape; Westcountry; West Country; SW England; English; British; Britain; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom