Rame Peninsular, Cornwall’s wildly beautiful forgotten corner, holds a huge stately home which graces the banks of Plymouth Sound; Mount Edgcumbe House, built in 1620, was the home of the Earls of Edgecumbe. Its grounds sweep from the house to the water, with ancient trees and varied gardens, a chapel and Saint Julian’s Well. The Cremyll foot passenger Ferry to Stonehouse in Plymouth docks on Edgecumbe’s edge.
A cycle path runs from Cremyll to Maker: Maker Heights is a wilderness of grassland and butterflies, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Redoubts, defensive gun positions, were built here in the 1780’s as Maker is a great lookout position for possible passing enemy ships. Now Maker is a place of music, community, camping and feasting at The Canteen café.
Along the coast are the villages of Kingsand and Cawsand, once bustling with activity from the twin trades of pilchard fishing and smuggling. Earls Drive runs across the coast from Maker to Cawsand and on to Penlee Point.
Rame Head can be seen for miles along the coast from Looe. It has a coastguard station and Saint Michael’s Chapel balanced right on the edge of the headland above eager waves. Along the coast Whitsand Bay, a sweeping expanse of sand, is destination for rugged seaside days.
Rame is home to witches and smugglers, ghosts and the devil himself.
