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Standing guard over the Western entrance
to Plymouth sound Rame head is a distinctive landmark for many miles around.
The headland with its prominent chapel is easily identifiable visually
and by radar.
It can also be seen inland as far as the
highlands of Caradon Hill.
The headland, like many others in Cornwall,
formed a defended site in the iron age. It was the location of a hill fort
and the line landward ditch can still be seen . This ditch has been partly
filled in to form the current path to the summit. A path than can
seen very narrow on windy days with the drop down to the sea on ether side.
Its name means "the high protruding cliff,the rams head".
The coastal footpath runs past the headland
and a carpark exists nearby at the Coastwatch station. |
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