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PEVERELL POINT, a headland in Dorset; at the S side of Swanage bay, 8 miles S S W of Bournemouth. A rocky ledge is under it. Danish pirates were beatennear it, in 877, by Alfred.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a headland" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
Administrative units: | Dorset AncC |
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