Carreg Wastad Point

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Carreg Wastad Point is a coastal headland in Pembrokeshire, Wales, historically notable as the landing site of the French forces during the 1797 Fishguard invasion, often called the last invasion of Britain.

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Label Occurrences
Carreg Wastad Point canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal headland ⓘ
geographic feature ⓘ
access public coastal footpaths ⓘ
associatedWithCountry France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Fishguard ⓘ
French landing in Wales ⓘ
category Headlands of Pembrokeshire ⓘ
Invasions of the British Isles ⓘ
Military history of Wales ⓘ
coastType rocky Atlantic coast ⓘ
commemoratedBy local historical markers ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
eventDate 1797 ⓘ
governedBy Pembrokeshire County Council ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Carreg Wastad ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of failed French invasion ⓘ
hasFeature cliffs ⓘ
coastal path ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Fishguard invasion of 1797 ⓘ
linked to: Fishguard invasion

last invasion of Britain ⓘ
hasTopography rocky headland ⓘ
hasViewOf Dinas Head ⓘ
Fishguard Bay ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
isSiteOf historical interpretation boards ⓘ
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
languageOfToponym Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn Pembrokeshire ⓘ
locatedOn coast of Wales ⓘ
linked to: Pembrokeshire coast

north coast of Pembrokeshire ⓘ
militaryHistoryRole invasion landing site ⓘ
near Fishguard ⓘ
Goodwick ⓘ
Strumble Head ⓘ
nearBodyOfWater Irish Sea ⓘ
overlooks Cardigan Bay ⓘ
partOf Pembrokeshire Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pembrokeshire coast

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park ⓘ
protectedAreaStatus within a national park ⓘ
region southwest Wales ⓘ
linked to: West Wales
traversedBy Pembrokeshire Coast Path ⓘ
usedFor coastal walking ⓘ
wildlife watching ⓘ
wasLandingSiteFor French forces in 1797 ⓘ
French invasion force under Colonel William Tate ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Last invasion of Britain → location → Carreg Wastad Point ⓘ
Battle of Fishguard → landingSite → Carreg Wastad Point ⓘ