South Devon and south Cornwall, with a full description of Dartmoor and the Isles of Scilly . s extremity by an archwaylarge enough for boats to be rowed through in calm rock is diversified with herbage and the thrift or sea-pinkthat flourishes so abundantly on our south-western shores. Theview is good but limited. Westward on the far side of theSalcombe estuary, the superior height of Bolt Head bounds it,and eastward it does not extend beyond the Start. From Prawle Point you may turn inland and join a lane (tele-graph wire) leading to the hamlet of East Prawle (inn). Thenceby road
South Devon and south Cornwall, with a full description of Dartmoor and the Isles of Scilly . s extremity by an archwaylarge enough for boats to be rowed through in calm rock is diversified with herbage and the thrift or sea-pinkthat flourishes so abundantly on our south-western shores. Theview is good but limited. Westward on the far side of theSalcombe estuary, the superior height of Bolt Head bounds it,and eastward it does not extend beyond the Start. From Prawle Point you may turn inland and join a lane (tele-graph wire) leading to the hamlet of East Prawle (inn). Thenceby road, which presently bears to the left, you reach Portlemouth(below). A better way is to continue up and down along theshelving shore, dotted with gorse and here and there displayingivy-clad cliffs, to the latter village. At Rickham, about a mileshort of the mouth of the Salcombe estuary, is the old CoastguardStation, now used for other purposes, and here, unless you preferthe coast-path (reverse way p. 126), you turn inland to EastPortlemouth, about a mile distant. St. Winwaloes church (key. KINGSBRIDGE 121 at Sextons house, near Post Office), plainly restored, has anold font and a richly carved screen (1500). The iron gates ofthe south porch are good. In the graveyard, near the lich-gate,are the stump of the ancient cross and some curious village is placed on the crest of a hill commanding a fineview westwards. From it a short and abrupt descent leads tothe ferry (Id.), afc the opposite end of which is Salcombe (p. 124). Road route continued.—From Torcross Hotel the road bendsfound Slapton Lea, and, after skirting its opposite side for ashort distance, turns inland and passes a little to the left of thehandsome church of Stoksnham, Perpendicular in style, and ivy-clad. Beyond it is the village (inns). Thence the route iscontinued to Frog more (inn), where a branch of the Salcombeestuary is passed at its termination, and so on through hamletswith pleasant rural lan
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