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Pendennis Point, promontory, S. coast of Cornwall, on N. side of Falmouth Bay, near Falmouth; is crowned by Pendennis Castle, a strongly fortified building, famous for its siege (1646) by the Parliamentary forces.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "promontory" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
| Administrative units: | Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Pendennis |
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