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COVERACK, a village on the SE coast of Cornwall; in a cove of its own name, 2 miles N by E of Black Head, and 10½ S of Falmouth. It is highly picturesque; and the rocks around it show veins of hornblende in masses of serpentine.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Coverack |
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