Pencarrow is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Pencarrow

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

Don't miss Tehidy's hiking areas if visiting the area around Pencarrow.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are some of Pencarrow best country parks to visit near Pencarrow.

The area around Pencarrow boasts some of the best towns including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Pencarrow is near some unmissable hills like Kit Hill Country Park,

There are a number of villages near Pencarrow including Cremyll, and Botallack.

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is a great place to visit close to Pencarrow if you like historic buildings.

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

Pencarrow History

There are some historic monuments around Pencarrow:

• Two wayside crosses in the grounds of Trewardale 34m WSW of the house
• Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
• Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
• Prehistoric and later enclosure containing a stone hut circle 1.2km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Three barrows 550m ENE of Cansford
• Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church
• Roughtor holy well, 333m south-west of Showery Tor
• Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyard
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze
• Prehistoric irregular field system and enclosures with incorporated stone hut circle and incorporated and adjacent cairns 558m north-west of Showery Tor
• Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• Anderton Mill Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m north of the church
• Prehistoric ring cairn 810m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Motte castle known as Bossiney Castle
• Wayside cross in Lesnewth churchyard
• Bowl barrow 490m SSW of Tregatherall Farm
• Two bowl barrows 625m south of Greystone Farm
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Two bowl barrows 660m south west of Whitehill Cottage, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Trevena Cross
• Bowl barrow 110m north of Whitehill Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows, 60m and 250m south and 500m south west of Nettings Park
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Prehistoric hut circle settlement on Stanning Hill
• Tor cairn on Showery Tor
• Dovecote 35m south of the Vicarage, Tintagel
• Two small stone circles 530m ESE of King Arthur's Hall
• Two stone hut circles 130m south east of Highsteps
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castle
• Holy well near St James' Chapel
• Medieval wayside cross at Fenterleigh crossroads, 750m south-east of Bossiney
• Three platform cairns 320m south-east of Moorgate
• Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill
• Cairn 485m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Stone hut circle 525m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Three bowl barrows 250m north east of Lowermoor
• Trevalga Cross in Trevalga churchyard
• An early Christian memorial stone 380m south east of Worthyvale Manor
• Prehistoric stone setting 62m north-west of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field boundaries, enclosure and cairn on Blacktor Downs
• Temple Old Bridge with adjacent ford and causeway
• Bowl barrow 420m south east of Higher Parkwalls
• Deserted medieval building 55m south of Roughtor summit
• Medieval wayside cross at Blisland
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• Blacktor Downs irregular aggregate field system and clearance cairn
• Holy well in Michaelstow churchyard
• Cross head N of Tregony Farm
• Earthwork on Hill Down 500yds (450m) WSW of Tresparrett Posts
• Hut circles near New Hall
• Round cairn 180m north of Trevarthian
• Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and linear boundary with superimposed medieval boundary and adjacent clearance cairn on Dinnever Hill
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery Tor
• Cross 470m north of Lambrenny
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Platform cairn on Priddacombe Downs
• Prehistoric standing stone 695m north-west of Showery Tor
• The Middle Moor Cross, 230m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Motte and bailey castle at Boscastle
• Bowl barrow 200m west of Tresplatt Farm
• Bowl barrow 660m north east of Tresoke
• Rock art at Rocky Valley, 150m north of Trevillett Mill
• Round 410m west of Kenningstockmill
• Two bowl barrows 595m north west of Belah Park Farm
• Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor
• Medieval wayside cross head 75m east of Newpark
• Prehistoric to post-medieval funerary, ritual and settlement remains on and around Louden Hill
• Wayside cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Round called Castle Goff
• Two platform cairns centred 485m SW of Colquite Farm
• Platform cairn 460m SW of Colquite Farm
• The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill
• Platform cairn 450m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house
• Stone hut circle north of Dinnever Hill, 200m WNW of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Newpark
• Round cairn 417m north-west of Showery Tor
• Prehistoric embanked avenue with incorporated funerary cist 210m WNW of Showery Tor
• Hut circle group and enclosure NE of Carwen
• Four prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 938m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Three wayside crosses in St Julitta's churchyard
• Round barrow cemetery including Tich Barrow 730m north east of Trehane Pool
• Forrabury Cross, 40m SSW of Forrabury church
• Tregatheral Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Round cairn with central cist capstone and inner kerb 935m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Prehistoric house platform on south-east Roughtor, 985m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• King Arthur's Hall
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Bowl barrow called Condolden Barrow
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• The Louden Stone Circle, 950m ENE of Camperdown Farm
• Cross 410m north east of Tregrylls
• The Castle Goff Stone and Valley Truckle Cross in St Julitta's churchyard
• Medieval wayside cross in St Mabyn churchyard
• Round cairn 312m north-west of Showery Tor
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church
• St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church
• Medieval long-house with adjacent enclosure 1.44km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Five bowl barrows south of Newton Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Wayside cross at Trevia Walls
• Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor
• Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor
• Medieval wayside cross 320m south west of Higher Trevivian
• Three bowl barrows 130m east of Starapark Farm
• Kerbed cairn on Alex Tor
• Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Iron Age defended settlement 170m north west of Cargurra
• Romano-British and early medieval settlement, medieval church, castle and associated features on Tintagel Island and adjoining mainland
• Wayside cross 220m north west of Steppes Farm
• Round cairn 625m north-west of Showery Tor
• Two adjoining prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 960m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Prehistoric linear boundary, adjacent irregular aggregate field system and hut circles, incorporated cairns and medieval grave on north-west Roughtor
• Early medieval decorated and inscribed wayside cross shaft and base on Waterpit Down, 250m WSW of Hallwell Barton Bungalow
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system at Watergate
• Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, and religious and funerary remains on the middle and lower slopes west and south of Roughtor
• Churchyard cross in the cemetery at St Teath, 60m north west of the church
• Kerbed cairn 500m east of Casehill
• Six cairns on Buttern Hill
• Round cairn 567m north-west of Showery Tor
• Part of an early-Christian cemetery 65m north west of Tintagel church
• Three prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 1km NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor
• Bowl barrow 60m west of Crowdy Reservoir dam
• Barrow 90m E of Trelay Farm
• Medieval longhouse settlement (known locally as Lamlavery), and an associated field system
• Round 275m SSE of Little Delinuth
• Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
• Prehistoric cairns and field boundary 450m south of the Louden Stone Circle
• Four Hole Cross, 200m north of Lord's Waste Farm
• Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs
• Prehistoric round cairn 865m NNE of Fernacre Farm