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Rame Head or Ram HeadHitchins, Fortescue & al. The History of Cornwall, from the Earliest Records and Traditions to the Present Time, Vol. II, p. 573. Wm. Penaluna (London), 1824. Accessed 24 May 2014. () Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership. is a coastal headland, southwest of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston It is part of the larger Rame Peninsula.
The chapel was first licensed for Mass in 1397 and is on the site of a much earlier and ancient, , hermitage. It remains as an intact shell and was originally whitewash so that it stood out on the headland. Ordwulf, who was the owner of vast estates in the West Country and was the uncle of King Ethelred the Unready, gave Rame to Tavistock Abbey (which Ordwulf had founded) in 981, meaning the parish was technically in Devon until the modern period.
The headland is prominent to sailors and fishermen leaving Plymouth through Plymouth Sound. It is often the last piece of land they see leaving England, and the first they see when returning home; Rame Head thus appears in the sea shanty "Spanish Ladies".
The headland forms part of Rame Head & Whitsand Bay SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), noted for its geological as well as biological interest. The SSSI contains 2 species on the Red Data Book of rare and endangered plant species; early meadow-grass ( poa infirma) and slender bird’s-foot-trefoil (from the lotus genus). Both the National Trust and the Ministry of Defence own land within Rame Head & Whitsand Bay SSSI (the protected area includes part of the military training area called Tregantle Ranges).
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