Madron
Madron is a Town in the county of Cornwall.
There are great places to visit near Madron including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.
There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Madron like Tehidy.
The area around Madron boasts some of the best country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.
There are a number of towns near Madron including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.
The area close to Madron boasts some of the best hills including Kit Hill Country Park.
Villages to visit near Madron include Cremyll, and Botallack.
Madron is near some unmissable historic buildings like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park,
Don't miss Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport's airports if visiting the area around Madron.
Madron History
There are some historic monuments around Madron:
- Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn
- Wayside cross base 125m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
- Enclosed hut circle settlement, 500m north-west of Jericho Farm
- Wayside cross-head in Sancreed churchyard on churchyard wall by west gate
- Medieval chapel called Chapel Jane
- Chapel and holy well on Chapel Downs
- Part of a prehistoric field system and medieval strip fields 250m south west of Higher Bartinney
- Cross at Treassowe
- Multi-period archaeological landscape 430m north of Tredinney
- Wayside cross at Tregwainton Carn
- Churchyard cross in St Levan churchyard, 10m south of the church
- Deserted medieval settlement with 16th and 18th century structures 85m west of West Lanyon Quoit
- Standing stone 150m north west of Trewern Round
- Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 20m south east of the church
- St Buryan churchtown cross
- Enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Chygwidden Vean, 250m east of Land Vue
- Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 10m south east of the church
- Promontory Fort called Trereen Dinas
- Barrow 100yds (90m) SE of Halgolluir Farm
- Cross-head in Madron churchyard, south of the church
- Entrance grave 290m south west of Brane End Farm
- Part of a prehistoric field system at Tor Noon
- Iron Age defended settlement, 330m south east of Caer Bran Farm
- Base slab of a medieval wayside cross, 110m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
- Holy well 30m north west of St Levan's Chapel
- Bowl barrow 260m SSE of Zennor Quoit
- Boskenna Cross
- Ancient house and enclosures 250yds (230m) N of Mulfra Farm
- Two barrows on Woon Gumpus Common 700yds (640m) NNW of Boslow Farm
- Cist 165m east of Tredinneck Farm
- Leswidden Stone, 370m south west of Leswidden
- Stone hut circle settlement, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system 500m south of Foage Farm
- Barrow 800yds (730m) WNW of Boswens Farm
- Four crosses on St Michael's Mount
- Iron Age to Roman settlement with incorporated fogou and adjacent post-medieval cottage at Carn Euny
- Field system on Truthwall Common
- Round 500yds (460m) NW of Nancothan Cottages, Trewidden
- Portal dolmen known as Mulfra Quoit
- Crows-an-wra medieval wayside cross and a turnpike milestone.
- Prehistoric entrance grave 900m north west of Tregiffian Farm
- Round 300yds (270m) NE of Newmill
- Three bowl barrows on Treen Common 430m north east of Higher Bosporthennis
- Round, courtyard house settlement and field system 140m WNW of Goldherring
- Hut circle settlement at Sperris Croft 500yds (460m) SE of Tregerthen Cottage
- Wayside cross in Madron churchyard, west of the church
- Standing stone 105m south east of Chyenhal Farm
- Enclosure 220yds (200m) NE of Trevean
- Round 280m WNW of Higher Faugan Hotel
- Stone cross base 450yds (405m) NW of Santry Farm
- Kerbed cairn 660m WNW of Foage Farm
- Megalithic tomb 220yds (200m) SW of Trevarthen
- Standing stone known as the 'Blind Fiddler', 405m south east of Lesbew Farm
- Round barrow 300yds (270m) SSE of Polhigey
- Wayside cross known as Vellansagia Cross
- Boslow Cross 550yds (500m) NW of Boslow Farm
- Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 8m east of the church
- Standing stone 60m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
- Churchyard cross in St Buryan churchyard
- Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m east of the church
- Early Christian memorial stone and churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m south of the church
- Bosiliack prehistoric settlement, field systems, entrance grave, cairns and later tinworks
- Fogou 70m north of Pendeen Manor Farm
- Kerris Cross
- Courtyard house settlement 315m NNE of Botrea Farm
- Boleigh fogou
- Promontory fort called Bosigran Castle
- Three wayside crosses in the churchyard of St Sennara's Church
- Two ring cairns 110m north east of Chycarne
- Stone hut circle 730m west of Foage Farm
- Churchyard cross in St Ia's churchyard
- Three round barrows 650yds (595m) N of Nine Maidens stone circle
- Brunnion Cross, at Brunnion Carn
- Two cist graves 500yds (460m) NE of Tregerthen Cottage
- Two entrance graves and two bowl barrows 670m SSE of Treen Farm
- Hut circle on Carnyorth Common 200yds (180m) W of Carn Kenidjack
- Tremethick Cross, 760m east of Tremethick Farm
- Hut circle 280yds (250m) SW of Trevarthen
- Watermill near Bosigran Castle
- Round cairn 135m west of Little Carnaquidden
- Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Crowlas
- Standing stone 200yds (180m) W of Chycarne
- Round barrow on Gear Common 400yds (370m) WSW of Pennance Farm
- A round, courtyard house settlement and two stone hut circles 400m north east of Trye Farm
- Round barrow 1000yds (910m) ESE of Rosemergy SW of Carn Galver
- Rectangular enclosures 700yds (640m) E of Tregerthen
- Market cross
- Round called Lescudjack Castle
- Enclosure containing eight round cairns known as Bartine Castle, 460m south east of Higher Bartinney
- Round barrow 200yds (180m) NNW of Long Stone
- Wayside cross 200m north west of Pendrea
- Tin streamworks 245m south east of Higher Numphra
- Round barrow 550yds (500m) N of Chycarne
- Stone hut circle 40m west of Carnyorth Farm
- Stone setting and holed stone known as the Men-an-Tol, 315m south east of Coronation Farm
- Round 340m south east of Trevean
- Cross 150m south west of Rospletha
- Part of a field system and cairn field 375m west of Bojuthnoe Farm
- Penbeagle Cross
- Two stone hut circle settlements and part of an associated field system 370m south west of Boswens
- Courtyard house settlement and field system and medieval farmstead 440m south of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
- Medieval wayside cross 150m ESE of Lower Alsia
- Courtyard house settlement with enclosure and fogou 235m south east of Porthmeor Farm
- Wayside cross called Crowlas Cross, 230m north east of Lower Tregender
- The Merry Maidens (or Dawns Men) stone circle
- Platform cairn 190m SSE of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
- Three bowl barrows 380m south east of Bryndowr
- Wayside cross immediately south of St Towennicus' Church
- An entrance grave re-used as a kerbed cairn with cist known as 'Chapel Carn Brea'
- Wayside cross 290m SSW of Madron Well
- Medieval wayside cross 35m SSW of Pendrea Cottage, south west of St Buryan
- Courtyard house 150m north east of Trye Farm
- Entrance grave 140m east of Kerrow
- Chambered barrow SSE of Treen
- Wayside cross 310m WNW of Little Boswarthen
- Portal dolmen called Sperris Quoit
- Standing stone 230m south of Primrose Cottage
- Early Christian memorial stone beside Bleu Bridge
- Two large regular stone circles 290m north east of Hailglower Farm
- Large regular stone circle called Boscawen-Un with two outlying standing stones west of Boscawen Noon Farm
- Long stone W of Boswens Common
- Churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, immediately south of the church
- Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm
- Iron Age defended settlement immediately south east of Boskennal Farm
- Botrea barrows
- Round 450yds (405m) NW of Lower Chellew Farm
- Standing stone 140m north west of Beersheba Farm
- Two courtyard houses and two stone hut circles 470m north east of Newmill
- Medieval wayside cross at Paul
- Field system on Dry Carn
- Choone Cross, 220m WNW of Choone Farm
- Kerbed cairn and round cairn 210m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
- Boskenna Gate Cross
- Standing stone 75m south of Tremayne
- A small multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle-an-Dinas' which contains an 18th century folly called 'Roger's Tower'
- Chun Downs prehistoric landscape complex, incorporating Chun Cromlech, Chun Castle, and barrow 200yds (180m) SW of Chun Farm
- Standing stone called Tresvennack Pillar
- Standing stone 340m south of Trye Farm
- The Men Scryfa, an early Christian memorial stone
- Two round barrows 300yds (270m) E of Little Higher Bosullow
- Two standing stones known as 'The Pipers', 130m and 230m south west of Boleigh Farm
- Kerbed cairn 225m south of Heather Farm
- Kerbed cairn 100m NNW of Chapel Carn Brea
- Promontory fort known as Treryn Dinas
- Kerbed cairn 365m north west of Tredinney
- Round called Lesingey Round
- Trembath Cross 200m ENE of Buryas Bridge
- Bowl barrow 600m south west of Trewidden Farm
- Medieval chapel known as Madron Well Chapel associated with Madron holy well
- Iron Age beehive hut 380m SSW of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
- Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 6m south of the church
- Settlement 450yds (400m) NW of Middle Carnaquidden
- Stone hut circle settlements, courtyard house settlement, enclosures and part of a field system at Boswarva Carn
- Churchyard cross-head in wall of Paul churchyard
- Courtyard house 280m north west of Middle Carnaquidden
- Round barrow 600yds (550m) NW of Nine Maidens stone circle
- Bowl barrow 300m south west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
- Fogou 70m west of Higher Bodinnar
- Round called Trewern Round
- Nun Careg Cross, 400m south-west of Boleigh Farm
- Holed stones on Kenidjack Common
- Circular enclosure 385m NE of Higher Trenowin
- Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church
- Courtyard house settlement with part of a field system and a possible fogou 550m SSE of Treen
- Carnyorth Circles, Carnyorth Farm
- Wayside cross immediately north east of St John the Baptist's Church
- Two hut circles 380yds (350m) NE of Trevean
- Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and part of a field system 400m north of Bodrifty Farm
- Wayside cross beside a farm track, 115m north of Rosemorran Farm
- Trevorgans Cross 375m east of Crows-an-wra
- Dovecote called the 'Culver House', 330m SSW of Lower Bussow Farm
- An early Christian memorial stone at Boskenna
- Wayside cross 200m north east of Boscathnoe Farm
- Round barrow 300yds (270m) W of Nine Maidens
- Treen Common stone circle
- Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
- Two kerbed cairns on Trendrine Hill
- Two standing stones known as the Long Stones, 280m south east of Higher Drift Farm
- Entrance grave 245m north west of Pennance
- Medieval chapel and hermitage called St Levan's Chapel
- Ring cairn 305m NNW of Joppa Farm
- Group of round barrows on Truthwall Common
- Large regular stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' and a round cairn 690m north-west of Killiow Farm
- Hut circles, Higher Bussow
- Entrance grave known as Zennor Quoit 600m north-east of Foage Farm
- Neolithic hilltop enclosure and Iron Age defended settlement known as Trencrom Castle
- Round cairn 180m WSW of Higher Conquer
- Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit
- Bowl barrow 180m north of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
- Two kerbed cairns 285m north east of Higher Botallack
- Stone hut circle 390m south east of Little Brea Farm
- Iron Age defended settlement 460m south east of Caer Bran Farm
- An inscribed cross shaft, a lantern cross head and a cross-base in Gulval churchyard
- Wayside cross in St Levan churchyard, 10m north east of the church
- Hut circles with associated field system 400yds (360m) SW of Little Higher Bosullow
- Round cairn and medieval settlement 150m south of Solomons Isle
- Courtyard house and stone hut circle settlement 430m south west of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
- Holy well called Madron Well
- Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system
- Chapel 140m south west of Bosence
- Croftoe British village
- Courtyard house settlement known as Bosullow Trehyllys, 515m north east of Chun Castle
- Standing stone 410m south east of Boskenna Cross
Places to see near Madron
Lakes near Madron
Rivers near Madron
- West Looe River
- Polperro River
- East Looe River
- Seaton
- Upper River Ruthern
- Amble
- Camel (De Lank to Stannon)
- Stannon Stream
- Lower River Camel
- St Lawrence Stream
- Issey Brook (Camel)
- Upper River Amble
- De Lank River
- Lower River Ruthern
- Demelza Stream (Ruthern)
- Polmorla Stream
- Upper River Camel
- Amble tributary (Camel)
- Allen
- Lanivet Stream
- Porth Stream
- Gannel (Upper)
- Menalhyl
- Gannel (Lower)
- Harlyn Water
- Benny Stream
- Porthcothan Stream
- Trebant Water
- Lerryn River
- Cardinham Water
- Warleggan River
- Fowey (Upper)
- Fowey (Warleggan to St Neot)
- Pont Pill
- St Neot River
- Lower River Fowey
- Crackington Stream
- Marsland Water
- Lower River Strat
- Lower River Neet
- Upper River Neet
- Jacob Stream
- Valency
- Upper River Strat
- Coombe Valley Stream
- Newlyn River
- Trevaylor Stream
- Penberth Stream
- Marazion River
- Lamorna Stream
- Roseworthy Stream
- Portreath Stream
- Red River (Upper)
- Bolingey Stream
- Red River (Lower)
- Hayle
- Angarrack Stream
- Holywell Stream
- Kestle Stream
- Upper River Allen (Fal)
- Kenwyn
- Kennal
- Zelah Brook
- Brighton Stream
- Hicks Mill Stream
- Gwindra Stream
- Tresillian River (Lower)
- Upper River Fal
- Calenick Stream
- Trevella Stream
- Tresillian River (Upper)
- Lower River Allen (Fal)
- Lower River Fal
- Upper Carnon River
- Lower River Carnon
- Bokiddick Stream
- Crinnis River
- St Austell River
- Caerhays Stream
- Par River (Upper)
- Par River (Lower)
- Tywardreath Stream
- Carminowe Creek
- Gunwalloe Stream
- Cury River
- Helford River
- Manaccan River
- Poltesco River
- Lestraines River
- Lower River Cober
- Porthleven Stream
- Upper River Cober
- Gweek River
- Upper River Inny
- Penpont Water
- Cotehele Stream
- Lowley Brook
- Lower River Inny
- Lower River Tamar
- Upper River Lynher
- Tiddy
- Withey Brook
- Lower River Lynher
- Tala Water
- Canworthy Water
- Carey
- Tamar (River Ottery to River Deer)
- Tamar (Small Brook to River Deer)
- Upper River Ottery
- Kensey
- Tamar (Small Brook to Lamberal Water)
- Small Brook (Tamar)
- Claw
- Tamar (River Ottery to River Lyd)
- Lower River Ottery
- Upper River Tamar
- Caudworthy Water
- Deer
- Lamberal Water
- Bolesbridge Water
- Derril Water
- Middle River Ottery
