Dodman Point

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title: "Dodman Point" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hill-forts-in-cornwall", "headlands-of-cornwall", "military-history-of-cornwall"] description: "Headland on the south coast of Cornwall, England" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodman_Point" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Headland on the south coast of Cornwall, England ::

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Field	Value
name	Dodman Point
type	Headland
photo	Dodman from the south west - geograph.org.uk - 1476874.jpg
photo_caption	Dodman Point from the south west
map	United Kingdom Cornwall
relief	yes
elevation_ft	373.88
elevation_ref
location	Cornwall
coordinates
area
operator	National Trust
designation	Scheduled monument
website
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| name = Dodman Point | other_name = | type = Headland | photo = Dodman from the south west - geograph.org.uk - 1476874.jpg | photo_caption = Dodman Point from the south west | map = United Kingdom Cornwall | map_caption = | relief = yes | elevation_ft = 373.88 | elevation_ref = | location = Cornwall | range = | coordinates = | length = | width = | area = | topo = | age = | volcanic_arc/belt = | last_eruption = | operator = National Trust | designation = Scheduled monument | website = Dodman Point () near Mevagissey is the highest headland on the south Cornwall coast, measuring 374 ft. It is also known by its earlier names of the Deadman and Deadman's Point. It hosts the remains of an Iron Age promontory fort, and at its seaward end is "Parson Martin's Cross"a large granite cross erected in 1896 to encourage those involved in Christian service, and which aids navigation around the headland. Dodman Point is mentioned in the shanty Spanish Ladies.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Dodman_Point_in_Cornwall,_England.jpg" caption="A [[lidar]] view of Dodman Point revealing a range of features."] ::

To its north-east and in its lee is the small anchorage and sand beach of Gorran Haven.

Below the large stone cross, there is a way down to the bottom of the small cliffs and there is some climbing there on the facesmainly bouldering as it is rarely scaled so there are no fixed anchor points.

Gallery

File:On the coastal path looking towards Dodman Point - geograph.org.uk - 224012.jpg|Viewed from the east File:Dodman Point (geograph 2425653).jpg|Viewed from the west File:The cross at Dodman Point (geograph 1643385).jpg|Parson Martin's Cross File:The Watch House, Dodman Point (geograph 2428023).jpg|The Watch House File:Parson Martin's Cross, Dodman Point 09.jpg|Parson Martin's Cross

References

References

1. "The National Heritage List for England | English Heritage".
2. {{NHLE
3. "The Dodman".
4. McKenzie & al. [https://books.google.com/books?id=c4QEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA66 ''The New British Channel Pilot, containing Sailing Directions from London to Liverpool, including the Bristol Channel, and from Calais to Brest; also for the Coasts of Ireland, from Loch Carlingford to London, and thence to Galway Bay; compiled from the Latest Surveys of the Coasts of England and Ireland, also of the Coasts and Harbours of France, including the Remarks and Observations of Several Pilots, Masters in the Navy, and Coasters'' (11th ed.), p. 66.] J.W. Norie & Co. (London), 1839. Accessed 26 May 2014.
5. "MNA102053 | National Trust Heritage Records".
6. "PARSON MARTin's CROSS, St. Goran - 1144778 | Historic England".
7. "UK Climbing Limited". Dodman Point.

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