- Baggy Point
infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption= Baggy Point seen from Putsborough beach
latitude= 51.14
longitude=-04.25
official_name =Baggy Point
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shire_county=Devon
region= South West England
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os_grid_reference= SS426403Baggy Point is a headland in north
Devon ,England . It separatesCroyde bay and Morte Bay which includes the beaches ofWoolacombe andPutsborough .The
sandstone rocks are popular with climbers. [cite web|url=http://www.ukclimbing.com/databases/crags/craginfo.html?id=38|title=Baggy Point|work=Climbing Database|publisher=UK Climbing.com|accessdate=2008-08-03]The land is owned by the National Trust, [cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-daysout/w-daysout-coast/w-daysout-coast-west_country.htm|title=West Country coasts|publisher=National Trust|accessdate=2008-08-03] and forms part of the
Saunton To Baggy Point Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest , because of the geological interest in UpperDevonian Sandstones. [cite web|url=http://www.devon.gov.uk/geo-SAU.pdf|title=Saunton to Baggy Coast|work=Educational Register of Geological Sites|publisher=Devon County Council|accessdate=2008-08-03] The fauna in the rocks is poor but contains bivalves, possibly of brackish to freshwater affinities, and plant remains. [cite web|url=http://www.northdevon-aonb.org.uk/geology_reports/north/Summary.pdf|title=Summary of the geology of the Phase 2 part of the North Devon AONB and its immediate surroundings|publisher=North Devon AONB|accessdate=2008-08-03] It provides an importanthabitat including maritime heathland. [cite web|url=http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/ndlp_-_chapter_31.pdf|title=Croyde Action Plan|work=North Devon Local Plan|publisher=North Devon Council|accessdate=2008-08-03]There is evidence of human occupation from the
Mesolithic era and was used duringWorld War II by American forces training for theD-Day Normandy Landings . [cite web|url=http://www.ndas.org.uk/baggy.htm|title=A Walk Round Baggy Point (Newsletter No 10 2005)|date=2005|publisher=North Devon Archeological Society|accessdate=2008-08-03]References
External links
* [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-coastal_walk-woolacombe.pdf Coastal walk around Baggy Point from the National Trust]
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