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Halliggye Fogou
Halliggye Fogou is a remarkably well-preserved underground tunnel dating back to the Iron Age. Located on the Trelowarren Estate, on the Lizard Peninsula, the site is believed to date back to the 5th century BC. Little is known about the purpose of these underground chambers; possible uses include storage chambers, hiding places or some kind of shrine. -
Dupath Well
Located a short distance from Callington is what appears to be a curiously small, but sturdily built chapel. This is in fact Dupath Well, the most impressive and best preserved example of a medieval well house in Cornwall. -
Cornwall's Biggest, Tallest, Oldest...
It being a somewhat miserable, rainy day I started thinking about a few "Cornish World records". -
10 Magical Places in Cornwall
For me Cornwall has always been a place with a wild, romantic side. Almost surrounded by ocean, with spectacular rugged scenery and wind-lashed open spaces, this is a land of legends. -
Cornwall Must See Places
It has to be said Cornwall is not short of breathtaking scenery, stunning beaches and picture-postcard coastal villages. -
Port Isaac Tide Times
7 day tide times table for Port Isaac, Cornwall. Features low tides, high tides and tide height information.
Best of Cornwall
- 10 Best Clifftop Views in Cornwall
- 10 Best Secret Beaches in Cornwall
- 10 Loveliest Harbours
- 10 Magical Places in Cornwall
- 10 Most Iconic Cornish Foods
- 10 of the Best Museums in Cornwall
- Best Beach Towns
- Best Things to Do in Cornwall in the Spring
- Cornwall Must See Places
- Cornwall's Biggest, Tallest, Oldest...
- The 10 Best Things to Do in Newquay
- The best things to do in Cornwall in the Autumn
- Top 10 Ancient Monuments
- Top 10 Beaches
- Top 10 Castles
- Top 10 Churches
- Top 10 Cornish Coves
- Top 10 dog friendly beaches in Cornwall
- Top 10 Events
- Top 10 Fishing Villages
- Top 10 Gardens
- Top 10 Haunted Places
- Top 10 National Trust
- Top 10 Pubs and Inns
- Top 10 Surf Spots
- Top 10 things to do in and around St Austell
- Top 10 things to do in Bodmin
- Top 10 things to do in Bude
- Top 10 things to do in Falmouth
- Top 10 things to do in Hayle
- Top 10 things to do in Padstow
- Top 10 things to do in Penzance
- Top 10 things to do in Perranporth
- Top 10 things to do in St Ives
- Top 10 Things to do on the Lizard
- Top 10 Towns
- Top 10 Views
History
- Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - December 1981
- A History of Penzance
- A L Rowse - Cornish historian and Shakespearean scholar
- Alfred Wallis
- Ancient Sites of Cornwall
- Andrew Pears - The Inventor of Pears Soap
- Ballowall Barrow (Carn Gloose)
- Barbara Hepworth
- Ben Nicholson
- Bernard Leach - St Ives Potter
- Bob Fitzsimmons - World champion heavyweight boxer
- Bodmin Moor - Ancient Sites
- Bodrifty
- Boscawen Un
- Boscawen-Ros
- Bosigran Castle
- Boskednan Stone Circle
- Boswens Menhir
- Botallack Mine
- Brane - Entrance Grave
- Brenda Wootton - Cornish bard and singer
- Carfury
- Carn Euny Fogou & Village
- Cassandra Latham - White Witch
- Chapel Carn Brea
- Chapel of St Nicholas
- Charles Causley - Poet
- Charles Lee - Cornish based novelist
- Chun Castle
- Chun Quoit
- Chysauster
- Corineus - Founder of Cornwall
- D M Thomas - Novelist and Poet
- Daphne du Maurier
- Dolly Pentreath - The last native speaker of the Cornish Language
- Duloe
- Dupath Well
- Edward Boscawen
- Emily Hobhouse - Human rights campaigner
- General Gilbert
- George LLoyd - Composer
- Gorlois (Gorlais) - Mythical Duke of Cornwall
- Gun Rith
- Gurnard's Head
- Gwennap Pit
- Henry Bone - Potter and Painter
- Henry Jenner - Cornish language revivalist
- Henry Trengrouse - Engineer and Inventor
- Humphry Millet Grylls Monument, Coinagehall Street
- John Arnold - Creator of the first acurate, seaworthy chronometer
- John Betjeman - Writer and poet laureate
- John Carter - The King of Prussia - Cornish Smuggler
- John Couch Adams - Mathematician and Astronomer
- John Harris - Poet
- John Miller - Artist
- John Nettles - Actor
- John of Cornwall - Medieaval Scholar
- John Opie - Portrait Painter
- John Passmore Edwards - Chartist and philanthropist
- John Wesley and Methodism
- Jonathan Couch - Scientist and Natural Historian
- Judith Cook - Journalist and political campaigner
- Kenidjack Common Holed Stones
- King Arthur
- King Arthur's Hall
- King Doniert's Stone
- King Mark of Cornwall
- Lanyon Quoit
- Levant Mine
- Logan Rock - Treen
- Madron Well
- Maria Branwell - Mother of the Brontë sisters
- Mary Wesley - Author
- Men-An-Tol
- Michael Joseph An Gof
- Mulfra Quoit
- Nicholas Boson - Kernewek Speaker
- Nine Maidens
- Penzance History - Part 2
- Porthmeor Stone
- Porthmeor Stone Circle
- Richard Lander - Explorer
- Richard Lower - Inventor of Blood Transfusion
- Richard Trevithick - Engineer and Inventor
- Rick Stein
- Robert Morton Nance - Cornish language revivalist
- Rosamunde Pilcher - Novelist
- Rowena Cade - Creator of the Minack Theater
- Samuel Foote - Dramatist and actor
- Samuel Wallis - Explorer
- Sancreed Beacon
- Sancreed Well
- Selina Cooper - Sufragette
- Silas Hocking - Author
- Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Q) - Author and literary critic
- Sir Goldsworthy Gurney - Inventor of the limelight
- Sir Humphry Davy - Scientist
- Sir John Arundell - Royalist Commander
- Sir Jonathan Trelawny - Anglican bishop
- South Wheal Frances Mine
- St Breock Downs Monolith
- St Petroc's Church
- Stanhope Forbes - Plein-air artist of the Newlyn School
- Stannary Towns - Cornwall
- Stripple Stones
- The Blind Fiddler
- The China Clay Industry
- The Drift Stones
- The Egyptian House
- The Huer's Hut
- The Hurlers
- The Knill
- The Merry Maidens of Boleigh
- The Pipers
- The Selus Stone
- The Tristan Stone
- Thomas Flamank - Leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497
- Tim Saunders - Bard and Cornish Language Poet
- Tregeseal East
- Tregiffian Barrow
- Trethevy Quoit
- Trevelgue Head
- Trippet Stones
- Watch Croft Settlement
- Wheal Coates Mine
- Wheal Prosper Mine
- Wheal Trewavas Mine
- William Bickford - Inventor
- William Bligh - Captain of The HMS Bounty
- William Cookworthy - Discoverer of china clay in Cornwall
- William Lovett - Chartist
- William Murdoch - Inventor and Engineer
- Winston Graham - Author of Poldark
- Zennor Quoit
Myths and Legends
- Charlotte Dymond
- Cornish Folklore, Myths and Legends
- Cornish Piskies (Pixies)
- Cornwall - Land of Saints
- Cornwall Myths, Legends and Folklore
- Ghosts and Legends of Porthcurno
- Ghosts and Legends of Portreath
- Ghosts of Newquay
- Ghosts of Padstow
- Ghosts of Penzance
- Ghosts of St Michael's Mount and Marazion
- Giants of Cornwall
- Legend of Jan Tregeagle
- The Beast of Bodmin
- The Mermaid of Zennor and other Cornish Mermaids
- Tristan and Iseult
Surfing
- Best Surfing Beaches - South Coast - Cornwall
- Constantine Surf Report
- Cornwall Surf Guide
- Crantock Surf Report
- Fistral Surf Report
- Godrevy Surf Report
- Harlyn Bay Surf Report
- North Coast Surf Beaches - Surfing in Cornwall
- North Cornwall Surf Beaches - Surfing in Cornwall
- Polzeath Surf Report
- Porthleven Surf Report
- Porthmeor Surf Report
- Porthtowan Surf Report
- Portreath Surf Report
- Praa Sands Surf Report
- Sennen Surf Report
- Surfing terms glossary
- Watergate Bay Surf Report
Walking
- Bodmin Moor - Walking The Copper Trail
- Cornwall Coast Path - Boscastle to Padstow
- Cornwall Coast Path - Bude to Boscastle
- Cornwall Coast Path - Falmouth to Mevagissey
- Cornwall Coast Path - Hartland Quay to Bude
- Cornwall Coast Path - Mevagissey to Polperro
- Cornwall Coast Path - Newquay to St Agnes
- Cornwall Coast Path - Padstow to Newquay
- Cornwall Coast Path - Penzance to Porthleven
- Cornwall Coast Path - Porthleven to St Keverne
- Cornwall Coast Path - Portreath to St Ives
- Cornwall Coast Path - St Agnes to Portreath
- Cornwall Coast Path - St Ives to St Just
- Cornwall Coast Path - St Just to Penzance
- Cornwall Coast Path - St Keverne to Falmouth
- Mineral Tramways Trails
- St Just Coast - Kenidjack to Nanquidno
- St Just Coast - Morvah to Botallack
- St Michaels Way
- The Saint's Way
- The Tinner's Way
Wildlife
- Bird watching in Cornwall
- Birdwatching - Hayle Estuary and Copperhouse Creek
- Birdwatching - Land's End
- Birdwatching - Loe Pool
- Birdwatching - Lye Rock
- Birdwatching - Maer Lake
- Birdwatching - Marazion Marshes
- Birdwatching - Mullion Island
- Birdwatching - Porthgwarra
- Birdwatching - St Ives Island
- Birdwatching - St Just Valleys
- Birdwatching - Stithians Reservoir
- Birdwatching - The Camel Estuary
- Birdwatching - The Carrick Roads
- Birdwatching - The Helford River and Estuary
- Birdwatching - The Isles of Scilly
- Birdwatching - The Lizard
- Birdwatching - The Rame Peninsula
- Rock Pools
- Seals, Whales and Dolphins
- Sharks of Cornwall