Favorite Cornish places

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sleeptowin May 6, 2015 12:24:14

I love Cornwall, i always try to get down once a year.

this year I am going down In a few weeks. I hope to see the Hurlers and Lanyon Quiot. but I always see these. so I am wondering what your favourite Cornish places are?

thesweetcheat May 6, 2015 13:18:39

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Nine Maidens of Boskednan stone circle

Tregeseal stone circle

And loads and loads of others :)

Rhiannon May 6, 2015 21:58:11

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Last year I liked the Gurnard's Head very much (wild cliffs not a pub. But should be a pub name). And perhaps even more so, the Giant's Rock at Zennor. That was excellent with its holes. You will get oodles of peace and quiet at both spots. And while you're at Zennor you can see the mermaid at the church and have something nice to eat and drink at the pub. Luvly.

Not even sponsored by the cornish tourist board. Going back in July, hoorah

moss May 7, 2015 07:40:53

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King Arthur's Hall for one, a megalithic muddle; the tor's strange shapes for another. Bodmin Moor was so Cornish, it is like another country Cornwall, no wonder they want separation from us... Rillaton Barrow, Daniel Gumb's House, a character I fell in love with. And then there are the churches and saints; at Linkinhorne church where you will find gravestones inscribed by Gumb, a great owl flew from the church chased by crows.

sleeptowin May 11, 2015 09:21:29

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thanks for all your responses.
looks like I have a few new places to try find.

ocifant May 11, 2015 13:02:26

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I've written up quite a few of my trips there for the Heritage Journal - take your pick from any of the posts from these searches:

My latest posts: https://heritageaction.wordpress.com/?s=cornwall+diary
A series of walks: https://heritageaction.wordpress.com/?s=penwith+wanderings
The Stone Circles: https://heritageaction.wordpress.com/?s=cornish+stone+circles

I'm off down there again next week, so will no doubt add some further notes.

texlahoma May 15, 2015 15:44:39

Replying to sleeptowin

Boleigh Fougou and the Lamorna area across to Boscawen-Un

The Eternal May 17, 2015 21:49:17

Replying to sleeptowin

Hi sleeptowin,

My favourite Cornish places are those on the Lands End peninsula, especially the coast between Mousehole and Lands End.

Coming across the Merry Maidens stone circle and the burial chamber hard against the road is incredible. The area feels like an age apart from the rest of Britain; almost like time has left it behind. Apart from the roads and field boundaries, I can imagine that little else has changed since prehistoric times, although I'm probably wrong. There are some barrows on the cliff tops, most of which would be missed by most people, but what a fantastic situation.

On the north coast of the peninsula I do like Carn Gluze, although it does have a strange, sinister atmosphere about it and I'm not a person who believes in the paranormal.

Regards,

TE.