Pillaton is a Town in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Pillaton

There are great places to visit near Pillaton 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 Pillaton.

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

There are a several good towns in the Pillaton area like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Don't miss Kit Hill Country Park's hills if visiting the area around Pillaton.

The area around Pillaton features a number of interesting villages including Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

Don't miss Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport's airports if visiting the area around Pillaton.

Pillaton History

There are some historic monuments around Pillaton:

• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Slight univallate hillfort called Cadson Bury
• Medieval churchyard cross in Callington churchyard
• Prince of Wales Mine at Harrowbarrow
• Westcott Cross, 480m south east of Westcott Lodge
• Dupath holy well, 45m NNE of Dupath Farm
• Scraesdon Fort
• Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine
• The South Hill inscribed stone, an early Christian memorial stone in South Hill churchyard, 50m west of St Sampson's Church
• Cross at Triffle Farm
• Two round barrows on Viverdon Down
• Bowl barrow 60m north-west of Tamar View Farm
• Medieval churchyard cross in Quethiock churchyard
• Wayside cross 50m north east of Carracawn Cross
• Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal
• Bohetherick lime kiln with adjacent quay and ancillary buildings, 140m south east of Cotehele Bridge
• Medieval wayside cross at Crafthole
• Holmbush Mine: Hitchen's Shaft complex
• Henge 315m north west of Westcott
• Stump Cross, 600m west of Sheviock Barton
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• Round at Berry Farm
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 0.3m south of the church
• Dovecot 520m north-east of Whitsand Bay Hotel
• Round with annexe 530m north east of Lower Padreda
• Tregantle Fort
• Gunnislake Clitters copper, tin, arsenic and wolfram mine
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 10m ESE of the church
• New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks called Blacketon Rings
• Round barrows on Hingston Down
• St Mellor's Well
• D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier
• Enclosure on Kit Hill
• Round on Berry Down
• Holmbush Mine: Windsor Lane rotative engine house with adjacent boiler house, loadings and platform
• Horse Bridge
• Two bowl barrows 185m east of Tamar View Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement at Padderbury Top
• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton