Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOLFROCK

WOLFROCK, a skerry 8½ miles SSW of Lands-End, in Cornwall. It takes its name from the roar, raised by the dashing of the sea upon it; measures 56 yards by 38; is nearly covered at low tide; and has been surmounted, since 1840, by a beacon 36 feet high.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a skerry"   (ADL Feature Type: "natural rock formations")
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place: Wolfe Rock Lighthouse

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