Rame Peninsula
The Rame Peninsula is a peninsula in south-east Cornwall. The name comes from the Cornish Ros, meaning promontory. The peninsula is surrounded by the English Channel to the south, Plymouth Sound to the east, the Hamoaze to the northeast and the estuary of the River Lynher to the north-west. The largest settlement is Torpoint, which is on the eastern coast, facing Devonport in Plymouth, Devon. Part of the peninsula forms a detached part of Devon, these manors having been possessions of Tavistock Abbey from Norman times.
The peninsula is named after Rame Head, to the south of the peninsula. The peninsula also includes the village and parish of Rame. 50°19’26"N, 4°12’50"W The entire area of the peninsula is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[2]
Settlements
Other places on the peninsula include: Antony, Cawsand, Crafthole, Cremyll, Fourlanesend, Freathy, Higher Wilcove, Kingsand, Lower Tregantle, Maker, Millbrook, Mount Edgcumbe House, Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Penlee, Portwrinkle, Sheviock, and St John and Withnoe Barton. Kingsand and Cawsand are protected by the headland.[3] Much of the peninsula is owned by the Mount Edgcumbe estate which also includes Mount Edgcumbe Country Park.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Rame peninsula: this panoramic shot of the Rame peninsula takes in its sweep from Rame Church (far left at SX426491) to the chapel on Rame Head (the little square, far right at SX418483). Between these but nearer the latter can just be made out the mast of the Coast Guard station (at SX420487).
- ↑ "The Rame Peninsula". Visit Cornwall the Cornwall Tourist Board. http://www.visitcornwall.com/places/rame-peninsula#.VLfyMyvF_UU. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Visit South East Cornwall". VisitCornwall. http://www.visit-southeastcornwall.co.uk/around-the-area/rame. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
Outside links
- Caradon District Council on the peninsula
- Pictures of the Rame Peninsula as it is today
- Pictures of Rame from yesteryear
- Rame Peninsula - official site of Rame's AONB status
- National Coastwatch Institution at Rame Head
- Protest Site for Rame Wind Turbines
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