Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Hartland Point like this:

Hartland Point, promontory, N. Devon, forming S. extremity of Barnstaple Bay, at the entrance to the Bristol Channel, alt. 350 ft.; on the Point is a lighthouse, with revolving light (Hartland Point), 120 ft. above high water, and seen 17 miles.

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Travel writing

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