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BEARN-ROCK, or Bearn-Back, a rugged islet below Worle Hill, in the vicinity of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. An exciting and productive sprat fishery is carried on at it from the middle of October till Christmas.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a rugged islet" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Somerset Ancient County |
| Place names: | BEARN BACK | BEARN ROCK | BEARN ROCK OR BEARN BACK |
| Place: | Bearn Rock |
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