The Lookout
Rame Head (or Ram Head) stands at the eastern end of Whitsand Bay in S.E. Cornwall. It can be seen for many miles and has been a landmark for sailors for thousands of years.
Right at the top of Rame Head, some 320 feet above sea level, lies the ruined chapel of St. Michael. The chapel, which was licensed for Mass in 1397, is believed to stand on the site of a much older Celtic hermitage.
From 1486 Plymouth paid a watchman to maintain a beacon here to warn sailors and to inform the city of approaching important ships. Today due to its exceptionally high and panoramic vantage point, there is a volunteer National Coastwatch Institution lookout on the top of the headland.
The Lookout
Rame Head (or Ram Head) stands at the eastern end of Whitsand Bay in S.E. Cornwall. It can be seen for many miles and has been a landmark for sailors for thousands of years.
Right at the top of Rame Head, some 320 feet above sea level, lies the ruined chapel of St. Michael. The chapel, which was licensed for Mass in 1397, is believed to stand on the site of a much older Celtic hermitage.
From 1486 Plymouth paid a watchman to maintain a beacon here to warn sailors and to inform the city of approaching important ships. Today due to its exceptionally high and panoramic vantage point, there is a volunteer National Coastwatch Institution lookout on the top of the headland.