Lesingey Round
Lesingey Round is a ringfort, a smaller type of hillfort, about 1 mile west of Penzance, in Cornwall, England. It is a scheduled monument. A 'round', the name for a ringfort in Cornwall where they are common, is a small circular embanked enclosure, with one entrance; they date from the late Iron Age to the early post-Roman period.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: ringfort in Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Round called Lesingey Round”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trengwainton Garden and Penlee House.
Trengwainton Garden
Garden
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Trengwainton is a garden situated in Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK, which has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1961. The garden is noted for its collection of exotic trees and shrubs and offers views over Mount's Bay and The Lizard. Trengwainton Garden is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Lesingey Round.
Penlee House
Museum
Penlee House is a museum and art gallery in the town of Penzance, Cornwall, home to many paintings by members of the Newlyn School, including The Rain It Raineth Every Day by Norman Garstin, School is Out by Elizabeth Forbes, Among the Missing by Walter Langley and On Paul Hill by Stanhope Forbes. Penlee House is situated 1 mile east of Lesingey Round.
West Cornwall Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Cornwall Hospital is a hospital located in Penzance, Cornwall, England. It is managed by the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. West Cornwall Hospital is situated 1 mile east of Lesingey Round.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tregavarah and Tremethick Cross.
Tregavarah
Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm Kewn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tregavarah is a small hamlet in the parish of Madron in west Cornwall, England, U K. It is approximately 2 miles west of Penzance. Tregavarah Downs is nearby.
Tremethick Cross
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tremethick Cross is a hamlet around a crossroads in the parish of Madron, in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. Between 1863 and 1884, the A3071 road, was a turnpike serving the mining industry at St Just for the transport of ore to the nearest harbour in Penzance.
Heamoor
Village
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Heamoor is a village in Cornwall, England. Formerly a secondary settlement of the village of Madron, Heamoor is situated approximately one-and-a half kilometres northwest of Penzance town centre.
Lesingey Round
- Categories: ringfort, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Penzance, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lesingey Round” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lesingey Round”
- Cornish: “Ker Lysyngi”
- Swedish: “Lesingey Round”
- Welsh: “Ker Lysyngi”
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