Dodman Point (Cornish: Penn Den Varow) near Mevagissey is the highest

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on the south

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coast, measuring . It is also known by its earlier names of the Deadman and Deadman's Point. It hosts the remains of an

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, and at its seaward end is "Parson Martin's Cross"a large granite cross erected in 1896 to encourage those involved in Christian service, and which aids navigation around the headland. Dodman Point is mentioned in the shanty ''

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''. To its north-east and in its

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is the small anchorage and sand beach of

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. 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 facesmainly

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as it is rarely scaled so there are no fixed anchor points.

Gallery

File:On the coastal path looking towards Dodman Point - geograph.org.uk - 224012.jpg, Viewed from the east File:Dodman Point (geograph 2425653).jpg, Viewed from the west File:The cross at Dodman Point (geograph 1643385).jpg, Parson Martin's Cross File:The Watch House, Dodman Point (geograph 2428023).jpg, The Watch House File:Parson Martin's Cross, Dodman Point 09.jpg, Parson Martin's Cross

References

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