Rame Head - Maker-with-Rame

Known as Rame Head this promontory lies at the south-eastern tip of Cornwall, near to the mouth of the Tamar estuary. Flint tools found in the vicinity of the headland point to the areas occupation from the Mesolithic period. In the Iron Age the headland was separated from the mainland by a ditch and rampart stretching across the isthmus creating a cliff castle. The rampart remains visible. Rame Head is west from Saltash along the A38. Turn east on to the A374 east and then take minor roads to Rame Head.

A medieval chapel was constructed on the headland dedicated to St Michael the Archangel. It is The constructed out of local slates with a barrel vaulted stone roof. Restoration of the chapel was undertaken in 1882 for William Henry, Fifth Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, but thereafter fell into ruin.