Pencarrow Head
Pencarrow Head is a cape in England, United Kingdom. Pencarrow Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Pont, as well as near the locality Lanteglos-by-Fowey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland in Cornwall, England
- Also known as: “Pencarro Head”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Willow and St Catherine’s Castle.
St Catherine’s Castle
Castle
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Catherine's Castle is a Henrician castle in Cornwall, England, built by Thomas Treffry between approximately 1538 and 1540, in response to fears of an invasion of England by France and the Holy Roman Empire. St Catherine’s Castle is situated 2 miles west of Pencarrow Head.
St Ildierna’s Church, Lansallos
Church
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Ildierna's Church, Lansallos is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Lansallos, Cornwall, built in the early 14th century. The church is noted for its 16th-century benches and bench ends.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pont and Bodinnick.
Pont
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pont is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. Pont is about half a km north of Lanteglos-by-Fowey churchtown and east of Pont Pill. It is thought that Pont began as a settlement when the parish's first Celtic saint, St Wyllow, came and settled in a cave by the head of Pont around 596.
Bodinnick
Hamlet
Photo: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bodinnick is a riverside village in south-east Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. According to the Post Office the population of the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey.
Lansallos
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lansallos is a village in the civil parish of Polperro in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated between Polruan and Polperro about 5 miles east of Fowey in Liskeard Registration District.
Pencarrow Head
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pencarrow Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pencarrow Head”
- Swedish: “Pencarrow Head”
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Localities in the Area
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