Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hartland Point

Hartland Point, promontory, N. Devon, forming S. extremity of Barnstaple Bay, at the entrance to the Bristol Channel, alt. 350 ft.; on the Point is a lighthouse, with revolving light (Hartland Point), 120 ft. above high water, and seen 17 miles.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "promontory"   (ADL Feature Type: "capes")
Administrative units: Devon Ancient County
Place: Hartland Point

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