Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PORTHGWARRA

PORTHGWARRA, a fishing hamlet in the S W of Cornwall; 3 miles S E of Lands-End, and 9 S W of Penzance. It lies at the mouth of a wild vale, and is reachedby a tunnelled roadway. It is celebrated for fine lobsters.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a fishing hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place: Porthgwarra

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