Start Point, Devon

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Start Point, Devon

Start Point is a promontory in the South Hams

South Hams

South Hams is a Non-metropolitan district on the south coast of Devon, England with its headquarters in the town of Totnes. It contains the towns of Dartmouth, England, Kingsbridge, Ivybridge, Salcombe ? the largest of which is Ivybridge with a population of 12,056....
district. It is one of the most southerly points in Devon

Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
, England

England

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Start Point is a promontory in the South Hams

South Hams

Devon

England

Start Bay

Start Bay is the bay in the English Channel in Devon, England between the River Dart's estuary and Start Point, Devon. On the coast, from south to north, are Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, the Slapton Sands, Strete, Devon, Blackpool, Devon and Stoke Fleming....
, which extends northwards to the estuary of the River Dart

River Dart

The River Dart is a river in Devon, England which source high on Dartmoor, and releases to the sea at Dartmouth, Devon. Its valley and surrounding area is respected as a place of great natural beauty....
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The rocks of the point are greenschist

Greenschist

Greenschist - also known as greenstone - is a general field petrology term applied to metamorphic rocks and/or altered mafic volcanic rock....
and mica

Mica

The mica group of sheet silicate minerals includes several closely related materials having highly perfect basal cleavage. All are monoclinic with a tendency towards pseudo-hexagonal crystals and are similar in chemical composition....
-schist

Schist

The schists form a group of Erins metamorphic rocks, chiefly notable for the preponderance of lamellar minerals such as micas, Chlorite group, talc, hornblende, graphite, and others....
, formed by metamorphism

Metamorphism

Metamorphism is the solid-state Crystallization of pre-existing Rock due to changes in physical and chemical conditions, primarily heat, pressure, and the introduction of chemically active fluids....
of Devonian

Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic era spanning from . It is named after Devon, England, where rocks from this period were first studied....
sediments during a period of mountain building towards the end of the Carboniferous

Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359.2 ? 2.5 annum , to the beginning of the Permian period, about 299.0 ? 0.8 Ma ...
Era.

As a result of the many shipwrecks in the area, Start Point lighthouse

Start Point lighthouse

Start Point lighthouse was built in 1836 to protect shipping off Start Point, Devon in south Devon England. Open to the public in summer months, it is a grade II listed building owned and operated by Trinity House....
was built in 1836 to alert ships to the danger of the point and its surrounding rocks. The lighthouse, and the area's birdlife, make it a popular spot for visitors, and Start Point is accessible to walkers from the South West Coast Path

South West Coast Path

The South West Coast Path is Britain's longest waymarked Long-distance footpaths in the UK and a National Trails . It stretches for , running from Minehead in Somerset, along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, to Poole Harbour in Dorset....
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The name "Start" derives from an Anglo-Saxon word steort, meaning a tail. This root also appears in the names of birds with distinctive tails, like the redstart

Redstart

Redstarts are a group of small Old World birds. They were formerly classified in the thrush family , but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family ....
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The Start Point transmitting station

Start Point transmitting station

The Start Point transmitting station is a broadcasting facility at Start Point, Devon, owned by National Grid Wireless. The site is just north-west of the Start Point lighthouse....
is located on top of the promontory. There is another Start Point, also on the South West Coast Path, near Tintagel
Tintagel

Tintagel is a village situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom. It is in the North Cornwall District and the population of the parish 1,820 persons; area of the parish 4,885 acres....
in Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
; and a third which is an island off Sanday
Sanday, Orkney

Sanday is one of the inhabited islands in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. With an area of , it is the third largest of the Orkney Islands....
in the Orkney Islands
Orkney Islands

Orkney is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles north of the coast of Caithness. Orkney comprises over 70 islands; around 20 are inhabited....
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