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Hartland Quay Devon CAM
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Lundy on the Horizon
Place: Hartland Quay
Category: Sunsets and Sunrises
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About: The island of Lundy can just be spotted in this photograph highlighted on the horizon by the band of pink under the clouds. We have never visited Lundy but have often viewed it through binoculars and one day we will make the journey
Photograph Added: 22nd October 2009
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Rocks at Hartland in the Setting Sun
Place: Hartland Quay
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About: The dramatic clouds make this photograph of the sun setting off Hartland Quay, it was not a fiery red sunset but nevertheless the effects made our journey worthwhile
Photograph Added: 21st October 2009
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Setting Sun at Hartland
Place: Hartland Quay
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About: The pinky clouds of the setting sun and the illuminated cliffs gave the bay a wonderful atmospheric light. September and very early October yielded some of the best weather for the year and made a welcome break from the rain.
Photograph Added: 8th October 2009
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About Hartland Quay Devon.
Harland is located almost fifteen miles north west of Holsworthy, the village has narrow streets and a little square. In the past Hartland ranked in importance with Bideford and from the time of King Alfred to the Norman Conquest it was a royal procession. Hartland's most prosperous time was during the 1700s and some fine Georgian buildings still survive in the village.
Nearly a mile from the village towards the west is Hartland Quay which has majestic rocks rearing out of the sea. On a stormy day the area is very dramatic the view out to the Atlantic Ocean is wild and ferocious but on a fine day it is possible to see across to Lundy Island 10 miles away. The Quay was once a thriving harbour, mainly because of its remote location and the difficulty encountered in transporting goods by road. Once the railway had reached Bideford and improvements made to the road network the harbour fell in to decline and the sea finally overwhelmed the 16th century quay in the 1890s. Several of the old buildings have since been converted and there is now a hotel, a pub and a museum with artefacts and records about the many shipwrecks that have floundered on the jagged coastline.
To the north of the quay is Hartland Point quoted as being one of the boldest headlands on the English coast. Ptolemy on his map of Britain drawn up in Roman times calls the point the 'Promontory of Hercules' because the stretch of upended rocks rise about 350 feet above the sea. The Lighthouse was built in 1874 and has a beam that is visible from about 20 miles out to sea.
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