Land's End from Gwennap Head
by Terri Waters
Title
Land's End from Gwennap Head
Artist
Terri Waters
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
The lookout station at Gwennap Head or Tol Pedn (its original Cornish name) as it was known until 1977 is located high on the far south west of Cornwall between Land`s End and Porthcurno. Tol Pedn Penwith (the Holed headland in Penwith) draws its name from a chasm called the Funnel.
The name of Gwennap Head probably comes from a family in one of the adjacent parishes as there are records of families with the surname Gwennape. Local people still refer to the headland as Tol Pedn.
Gwennap has always been a place to look out for on the ships that pass this stormy corner of Britain. There is a reference to a cliff castle which once extended across this headland but little of it is now to be seen.
The visual signal station pictured on the plate in the Truro Museum is almost certainly at Gwennap Head and the Union Flag shown flying dates it as pre 1801. Early maps of the area also show a station at Tol Pedn.
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August 19th, 2014
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