SX0080 : St Endellion: Port Gaverne harbour

near to Port Gaverne, Cornwall, Great Britain

St Endellion: Port Gaverne harbour
St Endellion: Port Gaverne harbour
John Warden Page, writing 111 years ago, described Port Gaverne as ‘ a pleasant little inlet with a sandy beach at the head, about which stand a few whitewashed cottages and me teste a very snug little inn .. When I was last there, a coaster lay at anchor waiting for her cargo of slate from the great quarries at Delabole ..’ But the railway took the trade and Port Gaverne suffered
[Source: John Lloyd Warden Page. The North Coast of Cornwall, Truro, 1897, 103]
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SX0080, 16 images   (more nearby - lo-fi)
Photographer
Martin Bodman   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph
Date Taken
Tuesday, 17 June, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 19 June, 2008
Category
Harbour   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 002 808 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:35.6088N 4:49.4066W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 002 808
View Direction
Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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