Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FORELAND, or Foreland Pinnacles, or Hand-fast Point

FORELAND, or Foreland Pinnacles, or Hand-fast Point, a headland on the coast of Dorset; between Studland bay and Swannage bay, 6 m. SSE of Poole.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a headland"   (ADL Feature Type: "capes")
Administrative units: Dorset AncC
Place names: FORELAND     |     FORELAND OR FORELAND PINNACLES OR HAND FAST POINT     |     FORELAND PINNACLES     |     HAND FAST POINT

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