Kerrier

district, England, United Kingdom
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Kerrier, former district, Cornwall unitary authority, southwestern England, near the western tip of England and including the southernmost point of the island of Great Britain. The Kerrier district spanned the peninsular Cornwall unitary authority and bordered St. George’s Channel on the north and the English Channel on the south. The Lizard Peninsula, a heather-covered moorland 200 to 300 feet (60 to 90 metres) high jutting into the English Channel in southern Kerrier, is the southernmost part of Great Britain. It is composed of Precambrian metamorphic rocks, including gniesses, schists, gabbros, and serpentines, the latter quarried for their ornamental value. The ...(100 of 271 words)