Tutshill Wood
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- Pilton West
 A weir and sluice gate on Bradiford Water in Tutshill Wood | |
  Tutshill Wood Location within Devon | |
| OS grid reference | SS559351 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
Tutshill Wood is a wood in Devon, England, situated on the northern edge of Barnstaple, at the east end of a flat-topped ridge that runs from west to east along the north bank of the River Taw, from Heanton Punchardon. (The former name of the ridge itself survives today in the name of the military base RM Chivenor.)[1] The wood stands on Devonian siltstones and mudstones. At its highest point it stands around 95m above sea level, facing south-east across a mostly level flood-plain.[2] Through the wood runs Bradiford Water.[2]
The name is first attested in 1533-38 as Tuttyshall in Pilton, in 1544 as Tyttishill and Titeshell, and in 1545 as Tyttyshill. The second element of the name is thought to be the word 'hill'.[3]