Gwinear

St Gothian's Chapel

Gwithian · 3.1 miles

The remains of an early medieval chapel, which is usually covered by wind-blown sand, the reason for its abandonment in the 13th century. Excavations in 1827 disclosed four phases of building and usage. The first in the 6th to 7th centuries when it origin

Red River Stream Works

Tolvaddon Downs · 4.3 miles

Old arsenic works with a stack (chimney)

Crane Castle

Coombe · 5 miles

Cliff castles are coastal promontories adapted as enclosures and fortified on the landward side by the construction of one or more ramparts accompanied by ditches. On the seaward side the precipitous cliffs of the promontory provided a natural defence, on

Richard Trevithick

Tregajorran · 5 miles

Memorial stone marking the site of the demolished birthplace of steam engine pioneer Richard Trevithick. Final sentence of inscription: ‘This monument is erected as an appreciation of the great inventor and his gifts to the world.’

Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden

St Ives · 5.6 miles

The former residence and studio of sculptor Barbara Hepworth, now converted into a museum

Basset Monument

Carn Brea · 5.6 miles

90 foot high Celtic cross. Monument to Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset. 1836.