Tregarnoe
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Tregurnow is a settlement in St Buryan civil parish
on the Penwith
peninsula
in Cornwall
, United Kingdom
.
At Tregurnow farm is an interesting celtic cross from the medieval period similar to ones found on the Isle of man
.
Tregurnow also gives its name to the site of a stone circle
that previously stood in the area at and the cliffs above Lamorna
cove also bear the same name.
St Buryan
St Buryan is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom.The village of St Buryan is situated approximately five miles west of Penzance along the B3283 towards Land's End...
on the Penwith
Penwith
Penwith was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council was based in Penzance. The district covered all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which included an area of land to the east that fell outside the...
peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
in 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
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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At Tregurnow farm is an interesting celtic cross from the medieval period similar to ones found on the Isle of man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
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Tregurnow also gives its name to the site of a stone circle
Stone circle
A stone circle is a monument of standing stones arranged in a circle. Such monuments have been constructed across the world throughout history for many different reasons....
that previously stood in the area at and the cliffs above Lamorna
Lamorna
Lamorna is a fishing village and cove in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Penwith peninsula approximately four miles south of Penzance.-Newlyn School of Art and the Lamorna Colony:...
cove also bear the same name.
External links
- Tregurnow stone circle from The Megalithic PortalThe Megalithic PortalThe Megalithic Portal is a web resource dedicated to prehistoric archaeology and closely related subjects. Many ancient sites have disappeared over the last 50 years or so due to development and intensive agriculture...
website.