Treen is a small village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the parish of St Levan

St Levan

St Levan is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately eight miles south west of Penzance....

, in the far west of Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 and situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) inland from Land's End

Land's End

Land's End is a headland and small settlement in west Cornwall, England, within the United Kingdom. It is located on the Penwith peninsula approximately eight miles west-southwest of Penzance....

 on a short unclassified

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 spur road from the B3315

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. Treen overlooks the Penberth

Penberth

Penberth is a coastal village and cove on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately seven miles southwest of Penzance.Penberth Cove is one of the last remaining traditional fishing coves in Cornwall...

 Valley and sits about 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) inland from Treryn Dinas, an Iron Age

Iron Age

The Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing...

 promontory fort

Promontory fort

A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus utilizing the topography to reduce the ramparts needed. Although their dating is problematic, most seem to date to the Iron Age...

, or cliff castle, with five lines of fortification. On the headland is the Logan Rock

Logan Rock

The Logan Rock near the village of Treen in Cornwall, England, UK, is an example of a logan or rocking stone. Although it weighs some 80 tons, it was dislodged in 1824 by a group of British seamen, intent on showing what the Navy could do...

 and to the west is Pedn Vounder

Pedn Vounder

Pedn Vounder is a tidal beach on the south coast of the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, UK. It is immediately to the west of the Logan Rock headland, below Treen Cliff.The name of this location is from the Cornish 'pedn' and 'vounder' ....

 tidal beach, which is popular with naturists

Naturism

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. Treen Cliff

Treen Cliff

Treen Cliff is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located on the Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall, UK, 10 km south-west of Penzance. First notified in 1951, with a revision in 1973, and a further notification on 1st July, 1986, it is 48.56 ha in area, stretching from grid reference SW387220 to...

 is to either side of Treryn Dinas. The village has a popular pub, The Logan Rock Inn, a village shop, cafe and campsite

Campsite

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 with views to both Logan Rock and nearby Porthcurno

Porthcurno

Porthcurno is a small village in the parish of St. Levan located in a valley on the south coast of the county of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is approximately to the west of the market town of Penzance and about from Land's End, the most westerly point of the English mainland...

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The first records of the name is Tredyn (1304) and Trethyn (1314) and means farm + fort; being near the cliff castle at the Logan Rock. A description of the village by Francis Kilvert

Francis Kilvert

Robert Francis Kilvert , always known as Francis, or Frank, was born at The Rectory, Hardenhuish Lane, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, to the Rev. Robert Kilvert, Rector of Langley Burrell, Wiltshire, and Thermuthis, daughter of Walter Coleman and Thermuthis Ashe...

 who visited Cornwall for two weeks in 1870:

... and we came to a strange bare wild village where everything was made of granite – cottages, walls, roofs, pigs "crows" (sties), sheds, outbuildings, nothing but granite, enormous slabs of granite set up on end and roofed with other slabs.

This village should not to be confused with the hamlet of Treen

Treen (Zennor)

Treen is a hamlet in the parish of Zennor, on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Nearby on the coast is Gurnard's Head, one of the many cliff castles on the Cornish coast and was formerly a Coastguard Lookout. The cliff above is known as Treen Cliff and to...

, in Zennor

Zennor

Zennor is a village and civil parish in Cornwall in England. The parish includes the villages of Zennor, Boswednack and Porthmeor and the hamlet of Treen. It is located on the north coast, about north of Penzance. Alphabetically, the parish is the last in Britain—its name comes from the Cornish...

 parish on the north coast, above Gurnard's Head

Gurnard's Head

Gurnard's Head is a prominent headland on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is near the hamlet of Treen in the parish of Zennor....

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