Orcombe Point

place and coastal feature

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Commemorated on 3 plaques

During the Second World War the Home Guard operated two large guns at Orcombe Point to protect the coast. The men also practised throwing hand granades on the Point !

Marine Drive, Exmouth, United Kingdom where it sited

The site stretches 155km (95 miles) from Orcombe Point to Studland Bay in Dorset. Every step you take along the coast transports you through more than a thousand years of geological time !

Marine Drive, Exmouth, United Kingdom where it sited

Local people stood on Orcombe Point to watch an English ship fight and beat a Dutch one in the bay in 1792. The Dutch dead were buried on Dawlish Warren and then haunted it for years.... 1792

Marine Drive, Exmouth, United Kingdom where it sited