Start Point, a projection of the coast of Devon, 8 miles S. of Dartmouth, forming the south-eastern extremity of the county. It is crowned by a lighthouse (92 feet), whose light, 204 feet above high-water, is visible for 20 miles.
Start Point,
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 691
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