Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Drake's Island

Drake's Island, pyramidal rock, in Plymouth Sound, S. Devon, ½ mile NE. of Bottlenose Point, pop. 64; is strongly fortified and garrisoned.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "pyramidal rock"   (ADL Feature Type: "natural rock formations")
Administrative units: Devon AncC
Place: Drakes Island

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