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Plymouth Hoe
Plymouth Hoe is a large public space in Plymouth, England, adjacent to the seafront, commanding magnificent views across Plymouth Sound, of Drake's Island[?], and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgecombe Park in Cornwall.
The rebuilt Eddystone Lighthouse, Smeatons Tower a prominent landmark on the Hoe overlooks Tinside Pool[?] a unique 1930's outdoor Lido which sits upon the limestone shoreline.
It is on Plymouth Hoe that Sir Francis Drake was alleged to have played bowls prior to his famous assault on the Spanish Armada.
The word Hoe is Anglo-Saxon in derivation meaning a high position and this is a precise description of this piece of ground.
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