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CADGEWITH, a village on the coast of Cornwall; in a romantic valley, 2½ miles NNE of the Lizard. It is inhabited chiefly by fishermen; is a coastguard station; and has an inn. A pit or amphitheatre is near it, called the Devil's Frying pan, nearly 2 acres in area, with sides 200 feet high, and receiving some water of flood tides through an arch which opens to the shore; and here hornblende slate and serpentime occur in junction, and iron pyrites, amianthus, and other minerals are found.
(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: | Cadgewith |
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