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Cape Cornwall

Cape Cornwall (Cornish: Kilgoodh Ust, meaning "goose back of St Just") is a small headland in West Cornwall, UK. It is four miles north of Land's End near the town of St Just.

A cape is the point of land where two bodies of water meet. Until the first Ordnance Survey, 200 years ago, Cape Cornwall was believed to be the most westerly point in Cornwall.

Most of the headland is owned by the National Trust. National Coastwatch has a look-out on the seaward side. The only tourist infrastructure at present is a car park (owned by the National Trust) and a public toilet, and refreshment kiosk.

The Brisons, two offshore rocks, are located approximately one mile southwest of Cape Cornwall. They mark the starting line of the annual swimming race ending at Priest Cove.
The name Cape Cornwall appeared first on a maritime chart around the year 1600.

Pottery found in cists on the Cape have been dated to the Late Bronze Age. The presence of another cliff castle nearby (Kenidjack) may indicate that the area was important in the Iron Age. On the landward side of the Cape is the remains of the medieval St Helen’s Oratory, which replaced a 6th-century church. A font now installed in the porch of St Just church may be from this building.

In 1987 Cape Cornwall was purchased by the H. J. Heinz Company and donated to the nation.

The remains of Cape Cornwall Mine are designated as part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape world heritage site.
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  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall viewed from near the car park.

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall viewed from near the car park.

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall viewed from near the car park.

  • Cape Cornwall Mine, St Just, Cornwall - April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall Mine, St Just, Cornwall - April 09, 2019

    View inland across Priest Cover from Cape Cornwall towards the site of the former St Just United Mine. Part of the Cape Cornwall Mine dressing floors can be seen now landscaped into gardens.

  • Cape Cornwall Mine, St Just, Cornwall - April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall Mine, St Just, Cornwall - April 09, 2019

    The former Count House at Cape Cornwall Mine. Former dressing floors on the left - now landscaped into private gardens. The building beyond has been built on the site of the winding engine house.

  • Cape Cornwall Mine, St Just, Cornwall - April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall Mine, St Just, Cornwall - April 09, 2019

    View to the mine chimney which served the winding engine house boiler can just be seen. The chimney with its associated long flue caused too much draught and was replaced by a lower stack. In 1966 some diamond drilling too place at this location during prospecting work by St Just Mining Services.

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Priests Cove

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    View to Priest's Cove

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    View to the Brisons

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    View up to the National Coastwatch Institute lookout.

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    National Coastwatch Institution look out at Cape Cornwall

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    The mine chimney

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    National Coastwatch Institution look out at Cape Cornwall

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

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  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

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  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall - National Coastwatch Institute Station with the Brisons visible in the back ground.

  • Cape Cornwall Mine, St Just, Cornwall - April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall Mine, St Just, Cornwall - April 09, 2019

    Winding engine stack

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

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  • Cape Cornwall Mine, St Just, Cornwall - April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall Mine, St Just, Cornwall - April 09, 2019

    Winding Engine Stack

  • Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    Cape Cornwall, April 09, 2019

    View inland from |Cape Cornwall

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