
Bedruthan Steps Sunset, Cornwall, England

by Neale And Judith Clark
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Bedruthan Steps Sunset, Cornwall, England
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Neale And Judith Clark
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Cornwall Dreaming - Bedruthan steps sea stacks at high tide Carnewas Bedruthan Cornwall North Cornwall coast Cornwall England UK GB Europe
Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps or Karn Havos, meaning "rock-pile of summer dwelling" and Bos Rudhen, meaning "Red-one's dwelling" is a stretch of coastline located on the north Cornish coast between Padstow and Newquay, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is within the parish of St Eval.
The name Bedruthan Steps is said to be taken from a mythological giant called Bedruthan, who used the rocks (stacks) on the beach as stepping stones, and seems to be a late-19th-century invention for Victorian tourists.
The section of coastline from Carnewas to Stepper Point is part of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and subject to special landscape protection. In addition, Bedruthan Steps and Park Head is an 80.8-hectare (200-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest, designated for its geological and biological interest in 1951. The site was subject to a revision in 1973 and renotified in 1986. It is noted for its slates and fossils from the Middle Devonian period, various mosses, and beetles
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April 7th, 2020
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