land's_end

We can match the coastal scenery of most places in the world here in Cornwall!

'Nans' = valley and 'Isel' = low/lowly/modest = Lowly Valley (my suggestion) though Low Valley is usually given but what does that mean exactly? Anyway, this is the typical and pretty, little Penwithian stream that flows down onto the beach over a bed of granite pebbles at Nanjizel.

This unusual landmark of a holed island with its corrupted name means the Island (Enys) of Grass/Turf (Tonn) of which it probably had enough for a small field when so named but has dwindled in size both as an island and turfed top! behind it you see the rock called 'the Armed Knight' which is...

THis is the stuff that romantic Cornish novels are made of, and the type of coastal scenery that German people see in their televised soap based on Rosamund Pilcher novels and attracts them to Cornwall in droves lately.

An example of a 'zawn' or cleft-like inlet into the cliffs may be noted here. There exists a Cornish word 'sawn' (cleft/gulley) which has some relevance here.

This is part of the Land's End complex.

Land's End is 'Penn an Wlas' in Cornish as may be seen at the commercial Land's End on its entrance (which copies the Falmouth Custom House). I think this view may show the official end of the land though in past ages, people incorrectly believed Cape Cornwall to be so. For me though, the real...