 Trebarwith was the scene of the shipwreck of the "Sarah Anderson" in 1886 (all on board perished), but the most famous of the wrecks happened on 20 December 1893, at Lye Rock when the barque "Iota" was driven against the cliff.The crew were able to get onto the rock and apart from a youth of 14 were saved by four men (three of these from Tintagel