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Beachy Head, prom., on S. coast of Sussex, between Hastings and Brighton, alt. 564 ft.; here the French defeated the English and Dutch fleet in 1690. On Belle Toute, the second cliff W. of the head, is a lighthouse (285 ft. high) with a revolving light seen 23 miles.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "promontory" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
| Administrative units: | Sussex Ancient County |
| Place: | Beachy Head |
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