Cattedown
Cattedown is an inner city suburb of Plymouth, Devon. Its position beside the River Plym estuary just short of the mouth led to its early settlement.
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Cattedown.
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Cattedown from Mount Batten.
It is said that its name came from a rocky outcrop in this area that overlooked the Plym estuary and mouth of the river, looked like a cat; lending its name to the area and the area of water around it: the 'Cattewater'.
In 1886, two archaeologists discovered human bones while mining in a quarry. The cave is still getting examined to this day and is locked from the public.
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A panorama of the Cattedown docks area taken from Mount Batten
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