Foreland

Foreland

Foreland is the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. It is located five kilometres east of the town of Brading, and due south of the city of Portsmouth on the British mainland. It is characterised by a pub called the Crab and Lobster and various beach huts plus a beach cafe and a coast guard lookout. In the sea are the reefs of Bembridge Ledge which is rich in edible crabs, lobsters and spider crabs and shoals of mackerel. In the Crab & Lobster pub are photographs of the many shipwrecks, which included the submarine HMS Alliance, now a museum ship at Gosport and the First World War troopship the S.S. Mehndi carrying troops from South Africa, with great loss of life.The channel through the interior of the Bembridge Ledges is known as "Dickie Dawes Gut" after a notorious local smuggler (and father of the courtesan Sophie Dawes) due to his feat of escaping the excise men by superior local navigational knowledge.There was a pill-box built in the Second World War, now subsumed in the sea defences. The beach is sandy with stones which contain cretaceous fossils. The cliffs also feature Horsetails ferns.


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  • Foreland — (spr. Fohrländ), 1) zwei Vorgebirge an der Ostküste der englischen Grafschaft Kent; das eine (North Foreland) 51°22 nördl. Breite 19°7 östl. L. (von Ferro), das andere (South Foreland) 51°8 nördl. Br., 19°3 östl. L., beide mit Leuchtthürmen. Hier …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Foreland — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El concepto de Foreland proviene del alemán y se refiere especificamente al área complementeria de un puerto conectada a éste por barco, es decir, al conjunto de áreas desde donde se atraen las importaciones y se… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Foreland — (spr. fōrländ), zwei Vorgebirge an der Südostküste Englands, an der Straße von Calais. North Foreland (das Cantium des Ptolemäos), an der Nordspitze der Grafschaft Kent, zwischen Margate und Ramsgate, mit Leuchtturm; South Foreland, gegen O.… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Foreland — Fore land , n. 1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England. [1913 Webster] 2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow. [1913 Webster] 3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Foreland — (spr. fohrländ), zwei Vorgebirge an der Südostküste Englands: North F., an der Nordostspitze der Grafsch. Kent, South F., nördl. von Dover …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Foreland — (–länd), Nord u. Süd F., 2 engl. Vorgebirge an der Straße von Calais mit Leuchtthürmen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • foreland — ► NOUN 1) an area of land in front of a particular feature. 2) a cape or promontory …   English terms dictionary

  • foreland — [fôr′lənd] n. [ME] 1. a headland; promontory 2. land in relation to the territory behind it …   English World dictionary

  • Foreland — 50°41′10″N 1°04′12″O / 50.68611, 1.07 Un foreland ou avant pays désigne la zone de desserte d un ensemble de lignes régu …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Foreland Norte y Sur — Foreland Sur Foreland Norte (en inglés, North Foreland;TR 39860 69616 51°22′30″N …   Wikipedia Español

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