With its entrance tucked down a little alley, Cawsand Congregational Church dates from 1793. Cawsand and Kingsand overlook Plymouth Sound from the Cornish side, and the Grade II-listed church sits on a small promontory between the two adjacent villages, which are on the Rame Peninsula.
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Cawsand and Kingsand are adjacent former fishing villages on the Rame Peninsula on the Cornish side of Plymouth Sound. Many of the buildings date back to the 17th and 18th centuries, and there is a plaque on the wall of one house (further down this street) to mark where one village began and the other ended. Until the middle of the 19th century this was also the boundary between Devon and Cornwall, although the boundary is now the River Tamar. The narrow street that is pictured, Garrett Street, provides the traditional link between the two villages. The modern main road, which skirts the villages to the north, is a far longer route.
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Cawsand and its twin village of Kingsand are on the Rame Peninsula in the far south-east of Cornwall, where they overlook Plymouth Sound. Cawsand has a fascinating history and Cawsand Bay was the anchorage for the English fleet in the 16th century. In the mid-19th century a large fort was built here (just behind the camera) on the site of an earlier gun emplacement to help protect Devonport naval base from an anticipated attack by the French. This was one of several large forts built around Plymouth Sound as part of our defences. Cawsand Fort subsequently fell into disrepair and, like several of the others, has now been converted into residential apartments.
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Cawsand and its twin village of Kingsand are on the Rame Peninsula in the far south-east of Cornwall where they overlook Plymouth Sound. Cawsand has a fascinating history and Cawsand Bay was the anchorage for the English fleet in the 16th century. In the mid-19th century a large fort was built here (just behind the camera) on the site of an earlier gun emplacement to help protect Devonport naval base from an anticipated attack by the French. This was one of several large forts built around Plymouth Sound as part of our defences. Cawsand Fort subsequently fell into disrepair and, like several of the others, has now been converted into residential apartments.
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Cawsand is on the Rame Peninsula in the far south-east of Cornwall, and overlooks Plymouth Sound. Its twin village is Kingsand, and until the middle of the 19th century the border between Devon and Cornwall lay beyween the two villages. it is now the River Tamar.
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