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The Lizard PointMost Southerly Point. The name comes from the Cornish "lis" meaning "place" and "ard" meaning "high". The Spanish Armada was first spotted from here in 1588. Sir John Killigrew, a notorious wrecker from the Arwennack family of Falmouth, erected the first lighthouse on the Lizard back in 1620. Ship owners refused to support the venture, believing that Killigrew had ulterior motives in erecting the lighthouse. Eventually in 1752 a regular lighthouse was established, and it was taken over in 1790 by Trinity Ho |