Places to visit

Boskednan Stone Circle

Boskednan Stone Circle is to the south of Carn Galver moorland and can be reached by footpaths from Boskednan and Carn Galver. It is made up of eleven stones , two of which are now fallen. Other than two taller ones standing together the stones are of even height. Previous excavations of the barrow to the southeast of the circle uncovered a stone lined burial chamber with an urn beside it which has chevron designs. The style of pottery dated the barrow to the early Bronze Age.

Men-an-Tol

Men-an-Tol

The Megalithic structure of Men-an-Tol means 'holes stone'. The site consists of four stones with two upright stones with the holes stone between them. There is a fallen stone at the foot of the western upright. The purpose of the stone remains a mystery. It is sited in open moorland and lies to the east of a track running north-east from Bosullow and can also be reached from Boskednan via the Nine Maidens/Boskednan Stone Circle.

Chysauster

Chysuaster is a settlement thought to date to the second or third century AD, but with some evidence of occupation dating back to the Iron Age. It contains the remains of a number of courtyard houses and a fogou. The houses comprise of an open courtyard surrounded by a dry stone wall. Against the wall is a round dwelling house with other structures within the courtyard. The nearby fogou is made up of a long excavated trench lined and roofed with granite slabs. There are small stone walled terraces next to the houses which lie within a field system. The site is reached by a footpath from a car park which is on the road between Little Chysauster and Carnaquidden farm. This is northeast of Newmill which is on the road south from the B3306 between Porthmeor and Zennor.

Zennor - Sen Senar

Zennor - Sen Senar

Zennor (Sen Senar) is a village east of Porthmeor and about six miles north of Penzance on the B3306 with Zennor Head rising to the north of the village. Zennor Quiot megalithic burial chamber is about a mile east of the village. The church of St Senara is part Norman and part thirteenth and fifteenth century, but a much earlier church was on this site. Within Zennor there is a pub and also the Wayside Folk Museum.

St Ives - Port La

St Ives/Porth La is a town on the Celtic Sea to the east of Zennor along the B3306. Tourism is the main industry having taken predominance over the still important fishing sector. The origin of St Ives is said to link to the arrival of Saint La in the fifth century and the parish church in St Ives still has the name of this Irish Saint. The town was the site of an atrocious deed at the hands of the English Provost Marshal, Anthony Kingston. As part of his role in suppressing the Prayer Book rebellion of 1549 he contrived to hang the portreeve (Port Warden) John Payne in a particularly callous and duplicitous fashion as a rebel.

Carbis Bay - Karrbons

Carbis Bay/Karrbons is a village one mile south east of St Ives on the west side of the Bay. The village and beach is a popular tourist location and has a railway station linked to St Ives and St Erth (the main junction for the London Paddington Service). It lies on the South West Coast Path and is off the A3074 from St Ives.

Hayle - Heyl

Hayle/Heyl is a small town and port at the mouth of the Hayle River which runs into St Ives Bay. The area around the estuary has a history dating back to the Bronze Age. Hayle was developed for the importation of coal and export of ore in the eighteenth century. The beach location of the town saw it's tourist development for which it remains popular today.

Gwithian

Gwithian is a village on St Ives bay about three miles northeast of Hayle four miles east of St Ives on the B3301. Gwithian Beach stretches from the Hayle River and is popular with surfers. The remains of the church of St Gwithian, built in 490, lie beneath the sands having been uncovered in the last century but then allowed to be recovered.

National Museum Cardiff - Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd

National Museum Cardiff

Cardiff - Caerdydd is the capital city of Wales - Cymru. It is the location of the National Museum Cardiff - Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd which contains information on archaeology, natural history, geology and art, with various exhibitions throughout the year. Open Tuesdays to Sundays 10am to 5pm daily. The Museum is located in the city centre at Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP. Tel: (029) 2039 7951. Entrance is free.

Cardiff Castle - Castell Caerdydd

Cardiff Castle - Castell Caerdydd

Cardiff Castle - Castell Caerdydd is located within Cardiff city centre and is built on a site used by both Romans and Normans and within a Norman Wall. The Norman Keep, of which the shell remains, was constructed in about 1091. The medieval castle was heavily renovated by the 3rd Marquess of Bute in the nineteenth century. Architect William Burges was employed to help transform the building in a fantastic gothic revival style. The fifteenth century great hall is the oldest room in the castle.

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