Dodman Point
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To its north-east and in its lee is the small anchorage and sand beach of Gorran Haven.
Below the large stone cross, there is a way down to the bottom of the small cliffs and there is some climbing there on the facesTemplate:Sndmainly bouldering as it is rarely scaled so there are no fixed anchor points.[6]
Gallery
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Viewed from the east
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Viewed from the west
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Parson Martin's Cross
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The Watch House
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Parson Martin's Cross
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References
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- ↑ McKenzie & al. The New British Channel Pilot, containing Sailing Directions from London to Liverpool, including the Bristol Channel, and from Calais to Brest; also for the Coasts of Ireland, from Loch Carlingford to London, and thence to Galway Bay; compiled from the Latest Surveys of the Coasts of England and Ireland, also of the Coasts and Harbours of France, including the Remarks and Observations of Several Pilots, Masters in the Navy, and Coasters (11th ed.), p. 66. J.W. Norie & Co. (London), 1839. Accessed 26 May 2014.
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