Penpethy is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Penpethy

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

Hiking Areas to visit near Penpethy include Tehidy.

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

There are a number of towns near Penpethy including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

The area around Penpethy's best hills can be found at Kit Hill Country Park.

There are a several good villages in the Penpethy area like Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

Airports to visit near Penpethy include Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Penpethy History

There are some historic monuments around Penpethy:

• Kerbed cairn on Alex Tor
• Polrode Cross in St Kew churchyard, 3m east of the church
• Bowl barrow 490m SSW of Tregatherall Farm
• Bowl barrow called Condolden Barrow
• Large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze
• Bowl barrow 200m west of Tresplatt Farm
• Four prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 938m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Three wayside crosses in St Julitta's churchyard
• Wayside cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Round 275m SSE of Little Delinuth
• Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs
• Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones
• Round cairn with central cist capstone and inner kerb 935m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Wayside cross at Trevia Walls
• Stone hut circle north of Dinnever Hill, 200m WNW of the Stannon Stone Circle
• The Louden Stone Circle, 950m ENE of Camperdown Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort called Tregeare Rounds
• Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor
• Round 800m south east of Pengold Farm
• Motte and bailey castle at Boscastle
• Bowl barrow 420m south east of Higher Parkwalls
• Round called Castle Goff
• Prehistoric irregular field system and enclosures with incorporated stone hut circle and incorporated and adjacent cairns 558m north-west of Showery Tor
• Medieval wayside cross at Fenterleigh crossroads, 750m south-east of Bossiney
• Prehistoric linear boundary, adjacent irregular aggregate field system and hut circles, incorporated cairns and medieval grave on north-west Roughtor
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Prehistoric ring cairn 810m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• King Arthur's Hall
• Round 410m west of Kenningstockmill
• Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyard
• Three prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 1km NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Round cairn 180m north of Trevarthian
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Two bowl barrows 660m south west of Whitehill Cottage, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Prehistoric round cairn 865m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• An early Christian memorial stone 380m south east of Worthyvale Manor
• Iron Age defended settlement 170m north west of Cargurra
• Bowl barrow 60m west of Crowdy Reservoir dam
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Prehistoric house platform on south-east Roughtor, 985m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Deserted medieval building 55m south of Roughtor summit
• The Castle Goff Stone and Valley Truckle Cross in St Julitta's churchyard
• Round barrow cemetery including Tich Barrow 730m north east of Trehane Pool
• Trevena Cross
• Round cairn 312m north-west of Showery Tor
• Two small stone circles 530m ESE of King Arthur's Hall
• Dovecote 35m south of the Vicarage, Tintagel
• Rock art at Rocky Valley, 150m north of Trevillett Mill
• Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
• Churchyard cross in the cemetery at St Teath, 60m north west of the church
• Three platform cairns 320m south-east of Moorgate
• Prehistoric cairns and field boundary 450m south of the Louden Stone Circle
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor
• The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans
• Cross 410m north east of Tregrylls
• Round cairn 567m north-west of Showery Tor
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Round cairn 625m north-west of Showery Tor
• Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill
• Prehistoric standing stone 695m north-west of Showery Tor
• Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church
• Part of an early-Christian cemetery 65m north west of Tintagel church
• Prehistoric stone setting 62m north-west of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Wayside cross 220m north west of Steppes Farm
• Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill
• Tor cairn on Showery Tor
• Prehistoric to post-medieval funerary, ritual and settlement remains on and around Louden Hill
• The Middle Moor Cross, 230m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Bowl barrow 110m north of Whitehill Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Holy well near St James' Chapel
• Tregatheral Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Round cairn 417m north-west of Showery Tor
• Forrabury Cross, 40m SSW of Forrabury church
• Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, and religious and funerary remains on the middle and lower slopes west and south of Roughtor
• Trevalga Cross in Trevalga churchyard
• Chapel Amble Cross in St Kew churchyard, 30m north west of the church
• Three bowl barrows, 60m and 250m south and 500m south west of Nettings Park
• Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor
• Motte castle known as Bossiney Castle
• Kerbed cairn 500m east of Casehill
• Hut circles near New Hall
• Wayside cross in Lesnewth churchyard
• Two stone hut circles 130m south east of Highsteps
• Three bowl barrows 130m east of Starapark Farm
• Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery Tor
• Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor
• Five bowl barrows south of Newton Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Roughtor holy well, 333m south-west of Showery Tor
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• Trequite Cross, at Trequite village
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Early medieval decorated and inscribed wayside cross shaft and base on Waterpit Down, 250m WSW of Hallwell Barton Bungalow
• Earthwork on Hill Down 500yds (450m) WSW of Tresparrett Posts
• Prehistoric embanked avenue with incorporated funerary cist 210m WNW of Showery Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system at Watergate
• Job's Cross, medieval wayside cross 500m north east of Trewethern
• Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Romano-British and early medieval settlement, medieval church, castle and associated features on Tintagel Island and adjoining mainland
• Anderton Mill Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m north of the church
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house
• Two adjoining prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 960m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and linear boundary with superimposed medieval boundary and adjacent clearance cairn on Dinnever Hill
• Three bowl barrows 250m north east of Lowermoor
• Holy well in Michaelstow churchyard
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castle