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Europe Landscape Illustrations antique prints wood engravings
1880s Book Plate Engraving - Antique Print
LAND'S END - CORNWALL
LOGAN ROCK - NEAR TREEN
BACK TO BACK ENGRAVINGS (PICTURES ARE ON FRONT AND BACK)
 
BACK TO BACK ENGRAVINGS (PICTURES ARE ON FRONT AND BACK)


Approximate Overall Size With Margins: 9 x 11 3/4 inches (23 x 29.5 cm)
Land's End (Cornish name: Penn an Wlas) is a headland on the Penwith peninsula,
located near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly
tip of the English mainland (for Great Britain it is Corrachadh Mor). Visible
from Land's End is the Longships Lighthouse. The Longships, a few miles out,
is a serpentine and quartz island. Offshore, midway between Land's End and the
Isles of Scilly, is the supposed location of the mythical lost land of Lyonesse,
referred to in Arthurian literature.
The Logan Rock is an example of a logan or rocking stone. This geological feature
is near the Cornish village of Treen in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United
Kingdom. The rock is an eighty ton granite boulder perched on the edge of the
cliffs overlooking the Atlantic ocean, on a headland one mile south of the village.
The rock is finely balanced due to the actions of weathering, and prior to its
restoration in 1824 it could be rocked by applying only a little pressure. The
name Logan Rock is also applied to the surrounding tip of the headland, as well
as the logan stone itself. Cripp's Cove lies to the east beneath the rock. The
headland is also an Iron Age promontory fort called Treryn Dinas, defended by
three ramparts. A number of islands are located around the edge of Logan Rock
including Great Goular, Horrace, and Seghy.
CONDITION: Antique Book Plate Intext Wood Engraving. Text and images on front and back. Very Good Condition. Image has beautiful detail. Originates from an 1880s antique book publication.
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