Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FORELAND

FORELAND, a headland on the N coast of Devon; in Bristol channel, immediately NE of Countisbury, and 3½ miles WNW of the boundary with Somerset. It has a height of 707 feet. A shoal lies off it, called Foreland Lodge, 2 miles in length, with from 3 to 4½ fathoms water.


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

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Feature Description: "a headland"   (ADL Feature Type: "capes")
Administrative units: Devon AncC

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