Celtic Recipes

Sennen - Sen Senan

Sennen - Sen Senan

Sennen/Sen Senan is a village close to Lands Ends. The church is dedicated to St Sinninus with the  present church building dating back to the thirteenth. The church here was founded in 520 AD..

Lands End - Pedn an Wlas

Lands End/Pedn an Wlas is the extreme south westerly point of the British mainland with the Isles of Scilly about 28 miles to the south west. Offshore are the Longships which are a group of rocks just over a mile west of Lands End. The three largest are Meinek, Tal-y Maen and Carn Bras with two nearer the coast and are a popular location for diving. On Carn Bras stands the Longships Lighthouse. There is a tourist centre and other facilities at the site.

Porthgwarra - Porth Gorwedhow

Porthgwarra - Porth Gorwedhow

Porthgwarra (Porth Gorwedhow) is a small coastal village between Portcurno and Lands End with access to the beach via a lane off the B3283. The South West Coast Path goes through Portgwarra.

Porthcurno

Porthcurno

Porthcurno is a small village off the B3283 southwest from St Buryan and about nine miles west of Penzance close to Lands End. Porthcurno beach is some yards south of the village with Logan Rock headland in the distance. The coastline around the bay is popular with walkers and seen as an area of outstanding beauty. In the cliff face to the west of Porthcurno is the open air Minack Theatre built by Rowena Cade with a backdrop of the Bay and Logan Rock Headland.

St Buryan - Eglosborrie

St Buryan - Eglosborrie

St Buryan (Eglosborrie) is on the B3283 north of the Merry Maidens circle and about five miles west of Penzance towards Landsend. It is situated in an area with a history of settlement stretching back to the Neolithic period where stone circles and standing stones remain. Other sites relate to the Bronze, Iron Ages and through to the Middle Ages. The parish named after the Irish Saint Buriana and the village has a number of listed buildings. A church dedicated to the Saint has been on the site since 930 AD which has been enlarged and added to over the centuries. The tower was built by 1501 and the main part of the current church having been built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Tregiffian Burial Chamber

Tregiffian Burial Chamber

This Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered tomb. A chamber and passage is covered and walled by stone slabs. A cup marked stone, now in the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro, was found in the chamber. A number of standing stones are nearby which include the Pipers, two large uprights which are aligned to the Merry Maidens circle to the northeast. The site is close to the Merry Maidens Stone Circle.

Merry Maidens Stone Circle

Merry Maidens Stone Circle

The Merry Maidens or Dans Maen is made up of nineteen granite stones. It is a Neolithic stone circle with the highest stone being 1.4 metres. The diameter is about twenty-four metres and circles of this type are thought to serve a ritual purpose and placed relative to relate astronomical features. The site is located in a field by the B3315 west of Lamorna.

Lamorna - Nansmornow

Lamorna - Nansmornow

Lamorna (Nansmornow) is a fishing village and cove on the Penwith Peninsula about four miles south of Penzance and southwest along the coast from Mousehole. It was popular with Newlyn artists.

Mousehole - Porthynys

Mousehole - Porthynys

Mousehole (Porthynys) is a Mount Bay fishing village with a very pretty harbour about two and a half miles south of Penzance. The small St Clements Isle lies offshore from the harbour entrance. Mousehole, Penzance, Newlyn and Paul were destroyed in the 1595 raid by Spaniards on Mounts Bay. It is currently known for holding a number of festivals.

Newlyn - Lulynn

Newlyn - Lulynn

Newlyn (Lulynn) is a fishing port and the immediate neighbour of Penzance and fishing continues to be of prime importance today. It is known as the last stopping point for the Mayflower in 1620 before leaving British waters. It was also known in the 1880s and 1890s for The Newlyn School of artists. The Newlyn Art Gallery is located in the town exhibiting a modern art collection.

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