Castle Cornet

Castle Cornet is a large island castle in Guernsey, and former tidal island, also known as Cornet Rock or Castle Rock, which has been part of one of the breakwaters of St Peter Port's harbour, the main one in the island, since 1859.

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Famous quotes containing the words castle and/or cornet:

    “Let me be at the place of the castle.
    Let the castle be within me.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

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