Celtic Recipes

Padstow - Lannwedhenek

Padstow/Lannwedhenek is a fishing port about ten miles to the northwest of Bodmin and west from Wadebridge. It is popular tourist and yachting location with noted restaurant facilities. It has regular ferry services to Rock on the opposite side of the estuary and the South West Coastal Path runs though both places.

St Breock - Nannsans

St Breock/Nannsans is a village about a mile west of Wadebridge and the ancient St Breoch Downs standing stone is nearby. The parish church is thirteenth century in origin with fifteenth and sixteenth century additions.

Wadebridge - Ponsrys

Wadebridge/Ponsrys is west from Blisland and a town about five miles from Padstow on the River Camel. The old bridge in the town built in 1468 was also the sight of Civil war activity in regard to it's strategic importance.

King Arthur's Hall

Return to the crossroads from the Tippet Stones. Turn right towards Bradford, St Brewards and Churchtown. The site can be reached by a footpath from Penwood House. This Neolithic circle is located on Moorland and consists of fifty-six stones which originally stood upright forming the internal face of a steep rectangular bank. There is an entrance in the southwest corner of the bank. The interior is hollowed out with some evidence of rough paving in the northwest corner. King Arthur is said to have visited the site, but it's true date and purpose are unknown. The site is reached on a footpath between Blisland and Hamatethy.

Trippet Stones

Northeast of Blisland toward St Breward. From Bradford towards the A30. Take the road north towards Hawks Tor farm at the crossroads before the A30 and the stones are on the left. Eight to eleven (three are fallen) stones remain of a once larger circle. They vary in height between 4 to 5 feet. The Bronze Age cairn on the summit of Carbilly Tor is approximately of the same period as the circle from the circle to the Tor follows the direction of the Midsummer sunset. The Stripple Stones on Hawks Tor are less than a mile to the east. This site is a stone circle made up of a circular earth and stone bank with an internal ditch which surrounds a stone circle.

Blisland

Blisland is a village about five miles north of Bodmin. The parish church is Norman in origin and on Blisland Manor Common stands the ancient Trippet Stones stone circle.

Bolventor - Bedhasbold

Bolventor/Bedhasbold is a small village on Bodmin Moor northeast of Bodmin. It is particularly noted for the location of Jamaica Inn which inspired the novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier.

Bodmin - Bosvenegh

Bodmin/Bosvenegh is a centrally located town southwest of Bodmin Moor. There are many shops, pubs and restaurants in the town which is one of the oldest in Cornwall and has historically been linked to the tin industry. St Petroc Church is Norman in origin and the tower remains from that period the remainder of the church having been rebuilt in the fifteenth century.

Bodmin Parkway Railway Station is on the Cornish Main Line and Bodmin General Railway Station serves the Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway. Bus and coach services connect Bodmin with other districts of Cornwall and Devon. There are good bus links to other Cornish destinations.

Lanivet - Lanneves

Returning to the B3274 turn southeast along that road until you reach the A30. Go east along the A30 and then north along the A389. Lanivet/Lanneves is a village about two and half miles southwest of Bodmin. The churchyard in the town has two ancient stone crosses and a hogback Viking style grave. The remains of St Benets monastery is nearby to the church.

Nine Maidens Stone Row

The Nine Maidens Stone Row is two miles north of St Columb Major along the A39. It is past the B3274 and on the right close to Winnards Perch. The late Neolithic row is about 262 feet long and the stones vary in height from about six down to two feet. Rows like this are thought to serve a ritualistic purpose and to be astronomically aligned and related to other stone monuments in the area.

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