Penrest is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Penrest

There are great places to visit near Penrest 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 Penrest.

The area around Penrest features a number of interesting country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Penrest has some unmissable towns nearby like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Hills to visit near Penrest include Kit Hill Country Park.

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

Places near Penrest feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

Penrest History

There are some historic monuments around Penrest:

• Prehistoric stone setting 62m north-west of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Round cairn 312m north-west of Showery Tor
• Holy well at Laneast
• Round barrow cemetery including Tich Barrow 730m north east of Trehane Pool
• Prehistoric irregular field system and enclosures with incorporated stone hut circle and incorporated and adjacent cairns 558m north-west of Showery Tor
• Round called Froxton Wood Castle
• Wayside cross 315m north of The Old Rectory, Altarnun
• Animal pound 90m ENE of Pound Cot
• Five bowl barrows south of Newton Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Round 800m south east of Pengold Farm
• Round 310m south of Mill Farm
• Round cairn 417m north-west of Showery Tor
• Two bowl barrows 380m north of Beckaveans, one of which is called 'The Beacon'
• Ashbury Camp later prehistoric multivallate hillfort
• Two Bronze Age settlements, associated field enclosures, small cairns, a cist and a propped stone on the south and western slopes of Leskernick Hill
• Prehistoric linear boundary, adjacent irregular aggregate field system and hut circles, incorporated cairns and medieval grave on north-west Roughtor
• Vincent Mine Cross
• Bowl barrow 700m east of Tregray Farm
• Prehistoric round cairn 865m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• 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
• Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze
• Wayside cross 620m south west of Basil Farm
• Anderton Mill Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m north of the church
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• 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
• Leskernick south stone circle
• Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church
• Medieval wayside cross in Altarnun churchyard
• Three bowl barrows 600m south east of Small Hill Barton
• St Clether's Chapel and Holy Well
• Barrow 90m E of Trelay Farm
• Prehistoric ring cairn 810m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Cross 470m north of Lambrenny
• Settlement W of Cargelly
• Wayside cross 110m SSW of Youlstone
• Earthwork on Hill Down 500yds (450m) WSW of Tresparrett Posts
• Round barrow cemetery 610m north east of Creddacott Farm
• Prehistoric house platform on south-east Roughtor, 985m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort called Hilton Wood Castle
• Stone hut circle north of Dinnever Hill, 200m WNW of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Wayside cross 120m north of Basill
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Three prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 1km NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Wayside cross in Lesnewth churchyard
• Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor
• Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery Tor
• Co-axial field system, hut circle settlements, cairnfield and land boundaries on Carne Down
• Iron Age defended settlement 170m north west of Cargurra
• Two adjoining prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 960m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Leskernick north stone circle
• Wayside cross in Tresmeer churchyard
• Three bowl barrows 130m east of Starapark Farm
• Part of a bowl barrow called Headon Barrow
• Two bowl barrows 660m south west of Whitehill Cottage, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm
• Round (or petal) cairn on the summit of Leskernick Hill
• Penhallam medieval moated manor house, 360m south west of Ashbury Camp
• Bowl barrow 490m SSW of Tregatherall Farm
• Multi-span bridge called Trerithick Bridge
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Ring cairn and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down
• Bowl barrow 110m north of Whitehill Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Prehistoric coaxial and regular field systems, incorporated hut circles and adjacent deserted medieval settlement, droveway and long house on Tregune Farm
• A round on Tregearedown Beacon, 295m north east of the Nook
• Medieval longhouse settlement (known locally as Lamlavery), and an associated field system
• Medieval churchyard cross in Laneast churchyard
• Bowl barrow 660m north east of Tresoke
• Later Prehistoric to Roman round 500m NE of West Carne Farm
• Bowl barrow 420m south east of Higher Parkwalls
• Two bowl barrows 595m north west of Belah Park Farm
• Roughtor holy well, 333m south-west of Showery Tor
• Bowl barrow 120m south west of Horizon View
• Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
• Prehistoric standing stone 695m north-west of Showery Tor
• Three platform cairns 320m south-east of Moorgate
• Two bowl barrows 625m south of Greystone Farm
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• Wayside cross 290m north west of Basill
• Stone hut circle 525m SW of West Carne Farm
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor
• Round barrow cemetery on Wilsey Down
• Promontory fort N of village
• Bowl barrow 200m west of Tresplatt Farm
• Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Platform cairn with rim bank and central cairn, and a secondary cairn, on the summit of Carne Down
• Medieval wayside cross head 75m east of Newpark
• Two stone hut circles 130m south east of Highsteps
• Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, and religious and funerary remains on the middle and lower slopes west and south of Roughtor
• Leskernick stone alignment
• Medieval wayside cross on Laneast Downs, 270m SSW of High Hall Farm
• Prehistoric standing stone 500m NNE of Spettigue Farm
• Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill
• Six cairns on Buttern Hill
• Four prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 938m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement 425m west of Trebray
• Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor
• Bowl barrow 410m east of Wainhouse Corner
• Medieval long-house with adjacent enclosure 1.44km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Cross 410m north east of Tregrylls
• Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Motte castle 80m north west of the church at Week St Mary
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Newpark
• Tor cairn on Showery Tor
• Prehistoric and later enclosure containing a stone hut circle 1.2km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• Bowl barrow 60m west of Crowdy Reservoir dam
• Wayside cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m south of the church
• The Louden Stone Circle, 950m ENE of Camperdown Farm
• Three bowl barrows 250m north east of Lowermoor
• Prehistoric to post-medieval funerary, ritual and settlement remains on and around Louden Hill
• Round cairn 625m north-west of Showery Tor
• Medieval wayside cross 320m south west of Higher Trevivian
• Three bowl barrows, 60m and 250m south and 500m south west of Nettings Park
• Three barrows 550m ENE of Cansford
• Round 260m south west of Trengayor
• Deserted medieval building 55m south of Roughtor summit
• Large multivallate hillfort called Warbstow Bury and a pillow mound known as the Giant's Grave
• Wayside cross 660m north of Basil Farm
• Round cairn 567m north-west of Showery Tor