Penlee Point, Rame

Coordinates: 50°19′05″N 4°11′20″W / 50.31806°N 4.18889°W / 50.31806; -4.18889
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Penlee Point
Penlee Point from the sea
Penlee Point from the sea
Coordinates: 50°19′05″N 4°11′20″W / 50.31806°N 4.18889°W / 50.31806; -4.18889
LocationRame, 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]

Historical locations[edit]

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.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
  2. ^ "Queen Adelaides Chapel, Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall".
  3. ^ "Cornwallinfocus.co.uk".