Morte Point

Morte Point is a peninsula on the north west coast of Devon, England, belonging to the National Trust.

In the summer season, tractor and trailer rides are operated from the Mortehoe Heritage Centre onto the point for visitors to view the seals that live on the northern side.

Morte Point (literally meaning death-point) is notorious for being the site of many shipwrecks.

[1] One shipwreck, a ship carrying a cargo of live pigs, gave a small cove to the south of the point the name of Grunta Beach (most of the pigs survived; one is supposed to have lived wild on seaweed for a year).

It proved difficult to launch into strong winds blowing onto its west-facing beach and so the station was closed in May 1900.