Accommodation in and around Altarnun
About Altarnun 
Altarnun is named in the Domesday Book as Penpont but takes its present name from the 6th century church of St Nonna, where St Nonna’s altar was originally preserved. Several legends of early Celtic saints describes how they used to carry a portable stone altar with them. The modern spelling of Altarnun is a corruption of the earlier Altarnon. Nonna was the mother of St David and is the patron saint of Pelynt near Looe, and Dirinon in Brittany in addition to Altarnun. The very fine Cornish cross at the entrance of the churchyard may date from the days of St Nonna but nothing further remains of her church. The font and a portion of a capital built into the…...
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