Corsewall Point
Corsewall Point | |
|---|---|
Headland | |
 Ancient Fort at Corsewall Point | |
  Corsewall Point | |
| Coordinates: 55°00′31″N 05°09′26″W / 55.00861°N 5.15722°W | |
| Grid position | NW 98211 72799 |
| Location | Rhins of Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway |
Corsewall Point, or Corsill Point, is the headland at the northwestern end of the Rhins of Galloway, in Dumfries and Galloway, west of Scotland.[1]
Corsewall Point is the southeasterly boundary point between the Firth of Clyde and the North Channel, with the southerly tip of the Kintyre Peninsula the northwest point.[2] The North Channel is customarily considered as part of the Irish Sea.
Lighthouse
[edit]A lighthouse, Corsewall Lighthouse, was built on the headland in 1816, to assist vessels passing the headland in the area of the Firth of Clyde and North Channel boundary.[3][4]
Sources
[edit]- William Smith, a 19th-century British Classicist identifies the point with the Novantarum Promontorium (Ancient Greek: Νοουαντῶ
ν ἄκρον) mentioned by Ptolemy in his Geography[5] as the most northerly point of the peninsula of the Novantae in Britannia Barbara.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Corsewall Point | GeoGuide". geoguide.scottishgeologytrust.org.
- ^ "3. THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE CLYDE SEA". www.gov.scot. 7 May 2021.
- ^ Chambers, Robert (1836). The Gazetteer of Scotland. p. 158.
- ^ "Corsewall Lighthouse | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
- ^ Ptol., Geog. 2.3.1
- ^
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Novantarum Promontorium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
External links
[edit]- Map sources for Corsewall Point
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