Lizard Point Cornwall
by Chris Thaxter
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Lizard Point Cornwall
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Chris Thaxter
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The Lizard (Cornish: An Lysardh) is a peninsula in south Cornwall, England. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point.
Lizard village, the most southerly village on the British mainland, is in Landewednack, the most southerly civil parish.The Lizard has been the site of many maritime disasters. It forms a natural obstacle to entry and exit of Falmouth and its naturally deep estuary. At Lizard Point stands the Lizard Lighthouse. In fact, the light was erected by Sir John Killigrew by his own expense: It was built at the cost of "20 nobles a year" for 30 years, but it caused an uproar over the following years, as King James I considered charging vessels to pass. This caused so many problems that the lighthouse was demolished, but was successfully rebuilt in 1751 by order of Thomas Fonnereau and remains almost unchanged today. Further east lie The Manacles, near Porthoustock: 1.5 square miles of jagged rocks just beneath the waves.
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