Altarnun
Altarnun is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies 7 miles west of Launceston on the north-eastern edge of Bodmin Moor at grid reference SX 223 811.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,080 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cornwall, England
- Also known as: “Altarnon”, “Altarnun civil parish”, “Altarnun CP”, and “Altarnun, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Nonna’s Church and Nine Stones.
St Nonna’s Church
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nonna's Church, also known as the Cathedral of the Moors, is the second largest church on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, located in the village of Altarnun.
Nine Stones
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Nine Stones is a stone circle 3 kilometres south southeast of Altarnun, 11 kilometres west of Launceston on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, UK. Nine Stones is situated 2 miles southeast of Altarnun.
Trecollas Chapel
Church
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trecollas Chapel is a church, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Altarnun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trewint and Treween.
Trewint
Hamlet
Trewint is a hamlet in the civil parish of Altarnun, east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is just off the A30 main road, and is south of the village of Altarnun.
South Carne
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Carne is a hamlet west of Altarnun in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Altarnun
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Altarnun, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6034° or 50° 36′ 12″ northLongitude
-4.51174° or 4° 30′ 42″ westPopulation
1,080Elevation
607 feet (185 metres)Open location code
9C2QJF3Q+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 1620749553OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2657420Wikidata ID
Q517315
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Altarnun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الترنون”
- Basque: “Altarnun”
- Breton: “Altarnun”
- Cebuano: “Altarnun”
- Chinese: “Altarnun”
- Cornish: “Alternonn”
- Cornish: “Pluw Nonn”
- Dutch: “Altarnun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الترنون”
- French: “Altarnun”
- Hebrew: “אלטרנון”
- Irish: “Altarnun”
- Italian: “Altarnun”
- Ladin: “Altarnun”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Altarnun”
- Persian: “التارنان”
- Polish: “Altarnun”
- Swedish: “Altarnun”
- Turkish: “Altarnun”
- Welsh: “Altarnun”
- “Altarnun”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Altarnun Post Office and Altarnun Village Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Altarnun”. Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.