Penlee Point | |
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 Penlee Point from the sea | |
| Coordinates: 50°19′05″N 4°11′20″W / 50.31806°N 4.18889°W | |
| Location | Rame, Cornwall, |
Penlee Point ( Cornish: Penn Legh, meaning ‘stone-slab headland’) is a coastal headland to the southeast of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall, UK. The point lies at the entrance to Plymouth Sound. [1]
Above the point, a little below the Coastal Path, is Queen Adelaide's Grotto, built in 1827/1828 to commemorate the visit of King William IV and Queen Adelaide to Mount Edgcumbe. [2] [3] Penlee Battery is the former site of a fort, and is now a nature reserve.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
- ^ "Queen Adelaides Chapel, Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall".
- ^ "Cornwallinfocus.co.uk".
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Penlee Point | |
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Penlee Point from the sea | |
| Coordinates: 50°19′05″N 4°11′20″W / 50.31806°N 4.18889°W | |
| Location | Rame, Cornwall, |
Penlee Point ( Cornish: Penn Legh, meaning ‘stone-slab headland’) is a coastal headland to the southeast of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall, UK. The point lies at the entrance to Plymouth Sound. [1]
Above the point, a little below the Coastal Path, is Queen Adelaide's Grotto, built in 1827/1828 to commemorate the visit of King William IV and Queen Adelaide to Mount Edgcumbe. [2] [3] Penlee Battery is the former site of a fort, and is now a nature reserve.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
- ^ "Queen Adelaides Chapel, Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall".
- ^ "Cornwallinfocus.co.uk".
| Unitary authorities | |
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| Major settlements (cities in italics) |
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| Rivers | |
| Topics | |
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| This article about a location in the former district of Caradon, Cornwall is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |