Lye Cove
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Lye Cove is a small coastal inlet near Tintagel on the north coast of Cornwall, South West England. The cove lies immediately below the Iron Age hill fort known as Willapark and nearby Lye Rock was the site of the wreck of the Italian cargo ship Iota in 1893. Above the cove is the remains of a nineteenth century lime kiln.
The Iota was an Italian barque bound for Trinidad from Cardiff with a cargo of Welsh coal. On 20 December 1893, a fierce storm drove the ship onto Lye Rock. A heroic four-man rescue team led by local quarryman, Charles Hambly was able to save eleven of the twelve crew. 14-year-old Domenico Catanese drowned and is buried in nearby St Materiana’s churchyard.[1] The crew were able to get onto the rock and apart from Catanese were saved (the name is given in the official Italian usage, surname first: Catanese Domenico, on a lifebuoy).[2][3]
