Merthen Point
Merthen Point is a point in England, United Kingdom. Merthen Point is situated nearby to the locality St Loy’s Cove, as well as near the hamlet Penberth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tater Du Lighthouse and Tregiffian Burial Chamber.
Tater Du Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tater Du Lighthouse is Cornwall's most recently built lighthouse. The construction of the lighthouse came out of the tragedy of losing a small Spanish coaster called the Juan Ferrer on 23 October 1963, on the nearby Boscawen Point, the vessel capsized with the loss of 11 lives.
Tregiffian Burial Chamber
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tregiffian Burial Chamber is a Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered tomb. It is near Lamorna in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a rare form of a passage grave, known as an Entrance grave.
Minack Theatre
Garden
Photo: Chef, Public domain.
The Minack Theatre is an open-air theatre, constructed above a gully with a rocky granite outcrop jutting into the sea. The theatre is at Porthcurno, four miles from Land's End in Cornwall, England. Minack Theatre is situated 2½ miles west of Merthen Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Loy’s Cove and Penberth.
St Loy’s Cove
Locality
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Loy's Cove is a small wooded valley and beach in the civil parish of St Buryan in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located two miles to the south of St Buryan churchtown, and between Penberth and Lamorna.
Penberth
Hamlet
Photo: Marktee1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penberth is a valley, coastal village and cove on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England. It is approximately 7 miles southwest of Penzance. Most of the village is within the parish of St Buryan and the boundary with St Levan follows the Penberth river.
Logan Rock
Locality
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Logan Rock near the village of Treen in Cornwall, United Kingdom, is an example of a logan or rocking stone. Although it weighs some 80 tons, it was dislodged in 1824 by a group of British seamen, intent on showing what the Navy could do. Logan Rock is situated 2 miles west of Merthen Point.
Merthen Point
- Type: Point
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.05° or 50° 3′ northLongitude
-5.6° or 5° 36′ westOpen location code
9C2P3C22+22GeoNames ID
2642708
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