Burgh Island Pilchard Inn 1
The Pilchard Inn Burgh Island South Devon.
The history of the island is linked to monks who enjoyed the peace and tranquility of Burgh and were known to have brewed mead and supplemented their diet with the locally caught pilchards. Today on the island the smaller of the two buildings is the Pilchard Inn which dates back to the 14th Century and is reported to have been the hide out for smugglers and wreckers escaping the excise men.
The history of the island is linked to monks who enjoyed the peace and tranquility of Burgh and were known to have brewed mead and supplemented their diet with the locally caught pilchards. Today on the island the smaller of the two buildings is the Pilchard Inn which dates back to the 14th Century and is reported to have been the hide out for smugglers and wreckers escaping the excise men.