Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - The Bristol Channel District Guide - selected articles - [1934 Edition] . . . .

The next point of interest on the coast is the little wood-embosomed fishing town of Clovelly, with its rugged weather-worn stone pier (see chapter on Ilfracombe for description).

A long stretch of wildly grand and impressive coast scenery extends from Clovelly to Hartland Point (350 feet high), and a Lighthouse stands upon a plateau below the cliffs, three  miles from Hartland Quay. This Lighthouse has now no keepers, having recently been converted to the electric principle, by which its flashing lights are worked automatically, with almost human intelligence.

A few miles further south is Marsland Mouth, the boundary between the counties of Devon and Cornwall - a deep hollow in the cliffs. with a winding stream between.

Dean Alford has declared that " there is a charm in the Cornish coast which belongs to no other coast in the world. Round by the great granite promontories of the " West Country, " and thence to the magnificent group of slate cliffs stretching from Newquay to Trevose Head, and thence again up to Hartland Point, there is not a bluff that is not a study in form and colour. "

Leaving Devon behind, and passing Morwenstow (famous for its association with the eccentric poet and author, the Rev. R. S. Hawker), the first place of importance on the Cornish coast is Bude, a rapidly growing holiday resort, with fine golf links. Near Bude was fought the battle of Stamford Hill, in 1643, when the Parliamentary forces were defeated by the Royalists.

Eighteen miles from Bude is Boscastle. The coast between these points is magnificent, notably the fine cliffs at Dazzard, and High Cliff, the loftiest headland on the coast. Boscastle is romantically situated between two deep valleys - close to the sea, though completely hidden from it. The harbour is said to be one of the smallest and most intricate in England.

A little further on is Tintagel - the home of Arthurian legend. In the massive pile of stone that comprises the ruins of Tintagel Castle, King Arthur was born - according to tradition. The ruins stand in lone grandeur, in the region of grim cliff and awe-inspiring wave ; and Tintagel attracts numerous visitors in the summer, not only by reason of the unique associations of the spot, but because here is some of the finest scenery in Cornwall.