Dodman Point (Cornish: Penn Den Varow) near Mevagissey is the highest headland on the south Cornwall coast, measuring 374 feet (114 m).[3] It is also known by its earlier names of the Deadman and Deadman's Point.[4] It hosts the remains of an Iron Agepromontory fort,[2] and at its seaward end is "Parson Martin's Cross" – a large granite cross[5] erected in 1896 to encourage those involved in Christian service,[6] and which aids navigation around the headland.[3] Dodman Point is mentioned in the shanty Spanish Ladies.
To its north-east and in its lee is the small anchorage and sand beach of Gorran Haven.
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 faces – mainly bouldering as it is rarely scaled so there are no fixed anchor points.[7]
^McKenzie & al. The New British Channel Pilot, containing Sailing Directions from London to Liverpool, including the Bristol Channel, and from Calais to Brest; also for the Coasts of Ireland, from Loch Carlingford to London, and thence to Galway Bay; compiled from the Latest Surveys of the Coasts of England and Ireland, also of the Coasts and Harbours of France, including the Remarks and Observations of Several Pilots, Masters in the Navy, and Coasters (11th ed.), p. 66. J.W. Norie & Co. (London), 1839. Accessed 26 May 2014.
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