Longships
Longships is in Sennen, Cornwall, England. Longships is situated nearby to the locality Land’s End, as well as near the village Sennen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Longships Lighthouse and First And Last House.
Longships Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longships Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse about 1.25 mi off the coast of Land's End in Cornwall, England. It is the second lighthouse to be built on Carn Bras, the highest of the Longships islets which rises 39 feet above high water level.
Maen Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maen Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to Land's End in Cornwall. Maen Castle is situated 1½ miles east of Longships.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Land’s End and Sennen.
Land’s End
Land's End is the most southwesterly point in Britain and part of West Cornwall in the South West. It is not a town or village but rather a former small holding which is well known for being the starting/ending point for the Land's End to John o'Groats journey.
Sennen
Village
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sennen is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sennen village is situated approximately eight miles west-southwest of Penzance. Sennen is situated 2 miles east of Longships.
Longships
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Sennen, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.06589° or 50° 3′ 57″ northLongitude
-5.74413° or 5° 44′ 39″ westElevation
-7 feet (-2 metres)Open location code
9C2P3784+98GeoNames ID
2643638
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