Rams Cliff Low Beacon

Rams Cliff Low Beacon is a beacon in South Hams District, Devon, England. Rams Cliff Low Beacon is situated nearby to the suburb Hooe, as well as near the locality Mount Batten.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bovisand and Fort Stamford.

Bovisand

Beach

Bovisand is a natural coastline on the east side of Plymouth Sound in Devon, England. Despite the steep cliff paths and rocky surrounding, Bovisand features two beaches, a holiday park, privately owned bungalows and a diving centre at Fort Bovisand. Bovisand is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Rams Cliff Low Beacon.

Fort Stamford

Monument

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stamford Fort is a 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Fort Stamford is situated 1 mile northeast of Rams Cliff Low Beacon.

The Bridge

Restaurant

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Bridge is a restaurant, which is situated 1 mile north of Rams Cliff Low Beacon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hooe and Mount Batten.

Hooe

Suburb

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hooe is a suburb of Plymstock, Plymouth in the English county of Devon.

Mount Batten

Locality

Photo: Trysca, Public domain.

Mount Batten is a 24-metre -tall outcrop of rock on a 600-metre peninsula in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, named after Sir William Batten, MP and Surveyor of the Navy.

Drake’s Island

Hamlet

Photo: Janipewter, Public domain.

Drake's Island is a 6.5-acre island approximately 500 metres from land in Plymouth Sound, the stretch of water south of the city of Plymouth, Devon. The rocks which make up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the Devonian period.

Rams Cliff Low Beacon

Type: Beacon
Category: transportation
Location: South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.34297° or 50° 20′ 35″ north

Longitude

-4.12834° or 4° 7′ 42″ west

Elevation

62 feet (19 metres)

Open location code

9C2Q8VVC+5M

GeoNames ID

11790686

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