Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PORTHQUEEN

PORTHQUEEN, a cove in the W of Cornwall; immediately S of Kellan Head, and 4½ miles N E of Padstow. Interesting trap dikes are adjacent.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a cove"   (ADL Feature Type: "bays")
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place: Port Quin

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