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LUNDY , an See also:

English See also:island at the entrance of the See also:Bristol Channel, 12 M. N.W. by N. of the nearest point on the mainland, namely Hartland Point on the See also:Devonshire See also:coast. The nearest ports are See also:Clovelly and See also:Bideford. The extreme length of the island is 3 M. from N. to S., the mean breadth about See also:half a mile, but at the See also:south the breadth is nearly 1 m. The See also:area is about 1150 acres. The component See also:rock is a hard See also:granite, except at the south, where See also:slate occurs. This granite was used in the construction of the See also:Victoria See also:Embankment, See also:London. An extreme See also:elevation of about 450 ft. is found in the See also:southern half of the island; the See also:northern sloping gently to the See also:sea, but the greater See also:part of the coast is cliff-See also:bound and very beautiful. The landing, at the south-See also:east, is sheltered by the small See also:Rat Island, where the once See also:common See also:black rat survives. There are a few prehistoric remains on Lundy, and the See also:foundations of an See also:ancient See also:chapel of St See also:Helen. There are also ruins, and the still inhabited keep, of Marisco See also:Castle, occupying a strong precipitous site on the south-east, held in the reign of See also:Henry II. by See also:Sir See also:Jordan de Marisco. The Mariscos, in their inaccessible See also:retreat, lived lawlessly until in 1242 Sir See also:William Marisco was hanged for instigating an See also:attempt on the See also:life of Henry III.

In 1625 the island was reported to be captured by See also:

Turkish pirates, and in 1633 by Spaniards. Later it became an See also:object of attack and a hiding See also:place for See also:French privateers. The island, which is reckoned as extra-parochial, has some cultivable See also:land and See also:heath pasture, and had a See also:population in 1901 of 94.

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