Mawgan Porth is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Mawgan Porth

There are great places to visit near Mawgan Porth including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.

Hiking Areas to visit near Mawgan Porth include Tehidy.

Mawgan Porth has some unmissable country parks nearby like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Mawgan Porth's best nearby towns can be found at Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Kit Hill Country Park is one of Mawgan Porth's best, nearby hills to visit in Mawgan Porth.

Cremyll, and Botallack are great places to visit near Mawgan Porth if you like villages.

Historic Buildings to visit near Mawgan Porth include Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

There are a several good airports in the Mawgan Porth area like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Mawgan Porth History

There are some historic monuments around Mawgan Porth:

• Two bowl barrows 190m east of Zacry's Islands
• Round 420m south east of Melancoose
• Liveloe, later prehistoric cliff castle with hut circles on Griffin's Point, and prehistoric round barrow 600m south west of Bre-Pen Farm
• Hut circle settlement and round called Trevisker Round at Trevisker School
• Medieval wayside cross base, 140m south of Trevemper Farm
• Churchyard cross shaft and base in St Petroc's churchyard, 30m south east of the church
• Round 340m north west of Tresawle Farm
• Part of an early Christian Chapel enclosure at The Old Vicarage
• Three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Cataclews Point
• St Constantine's chapel and holy well
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Prideaux Place 70m SSW of the house
• Wayside cross in Colan churchyard
• Wayside cross base in Colan churchyard
• Wayside cross-slab and early Christian memorial stone in St Columb Major churchyard, 2m south of the church
• Wayside cross on Treloy Hill, 170m east of Tregenna Farm
• Wayside cross 330m south west of Penpol House
• St Pedyr's Well, Treloy
• Nine round barrows 850m north east of Pennatillie
• Redcliff Castle, later prehistoric cliff castle 550m south west of Bedruthan
• Bowl barrow on Cubert Common 250m north of Chywarton
• Lanherne Cross, standing cross in the grounds of the convent, Lanherne
• Promontory fort and two bowl barrows at Trevelgue Head
• Cross Putty, medieval wayside cross-base 70m south east of Bosworgey Cottage
• An early Christian memorial stone in St Francis churchyard, Indian Queens
• Mawgan Porth early medieval settlement and associated burial ground, 250m west of Lanerick
• Seven round barrows and a ring barrow on Bear's Downs and Denzell Downs, 850m north east of Higher Denzell
• Two round barrows 440m and 510m north west of High Cove Farm
• Standing cross immediately west of St Mawgan Church
• Churchyard cross in St Petroc's churchyard, 3m south of the church
• Cross base 30m south of St Merryn's Church
• Doublestiles Cross, at the junction of Duchy Avenue and Henver Road
• Wayside cross-base 300m north west of the Church of St Newlina
• Four round barrows 270m north west of Higher Trevibban Farm
• Churchyard cross in St Columb Major churchyard, 12m east of the church
• The Long Stone or Eddystone, standing stone 210m north east of Music Water
• Three bowl barrows, once part of a round barrow cemetery, at Barrowfields
• Hillfort 450m north west of Cargoll Farm
• Four round barrows 400m south east of Little Trewinnick Farm
• Wayside cross in St Enoder churchyard
• Three round cairns at The Warren on Pentire Point East
• Later prehistoric to Romano-British multiple enclosure fort and prehistoric round barrow, 350m south east of Bogee Farm
• Round 650m north east of Trelaske
• Round barrow cemetery at Park Head
• Three promontory forts south of Trethias Island
• Prehistoric inhumation cemetery at Harlyn
• Enclosure known as Treringey Round