Rame (peninsula)
Rame is in the southwest of Britain lying peninsula . It is located in the southeast of the county of Cornwall .
geography
The 10 km long peninsula is surrounded on three sides by water, in the south lies Whitsand Bay on the English Channel , in the east the peninsula borders on Plymouth Sound and Hamoaze and in the north on the Lynher . At Hamoaze, there are two deeply carved, shallow bays, St Johns Lake and Mill Brook Lake .
The peninsula has an overland connection to Cornwall only 2.5 km wide. The hilly landscape slopes down to Plymouth Sound partly with high cliffs and ends in the headlands Penlee Point and the 93 m high Rame Head . West of Rame Head is Whitsand Bay, with a sandy beach that stretches for almost 3 miles.
The largest city is the opposite Devonport located Torpoint on the east coast. There are several small villages on the peninsula, including Antony , Millbrook , St John , Sheviock , Maker-with-Rame and St Germans .
traffic
Due to the wide estuary of the Lynher River, the peninsula is difficult to reach by vehicle; from Plymouth , access is via the A 38 via the Tamar Bridge and Saltash . There is also a car ferry from Devonport to Torpoint, and pedestrian ferries from Plymouth to Cremyll and Kingsand in summer . Because of its remoteness, the peninsula is also known as "The Forgotten Corner".
tourism
A section of the South West Coast Path runs along the coast of Plymouth Sound from Cremyll to Whitsand Bay.
There are three mansions worth seeing on the peninsula, Port Eliot in St Germans, Antony House near Torpoint and Mount Edgcumbe House with a 350 hectare landscaped park that is now a country park .
At the southeast tip of the peninsula is an 800 acre Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , which includes the Country Park and Rame Head. It is the smallest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Cornwall.
history
Due to its location at the entrance to the Devonport naval base, the peninsula has been of great strategic importance since the 16th century. The first coastal fortifications were built in the 16th century, especially in the 19th century, the peninsula was fortified with numerous coastal fortifications such as Scraesdon Fort , Tregantle Fort , Penlee Point Battery , Fort Picklecombe , Polhawn Fort or Cawsand Battery , some of which continued until after the Second World War were in use.
Until 1844 part of the peninsula belonged to Devon , only after a border correction did it come completely to Cornwall.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Cornwall AONB: Rame Head. (PDF; 809 kB) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 16, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 50 ° 19 '26.4 " N , 4 ° 12' 50.4" W.