Lamorna Cove

Lamorna Cove is a bay in , . Lamorna Cove is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
Photo: FossickUK, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tater Du Lighthouse and The Pipers.

Lighthouse
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is '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.

Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
are a pair of standing stones near stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of , in , .

Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered cairn. It is near in west , . It is a rare form of a passage grave, known as an Entrance grave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lamorna and Castallack.

Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, valley and cove in west , England, UK. It is on the Penwith peninsula approximately 4 miles south of . became popular with the artists of the Newlyn School, including Alfred Munnings, Laura Knight and Harold Knight, and is also known for former residents Derek and Jean Tangye who farmed land and wrote "The Minack Chronicles".

Hamlet
Photo: Alan Simkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul in west , England, UK. It is on a minor road between and .

Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet near in west , England, United Kingdom.

Lamorna Cove

Latitude
50.06146° or 50° 3′ 41″ north
Longitude
-5.5624° or 5° 33′ 45″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
9C2P3C6Q+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3693129253
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
6621659
Wiki­data ID
Q116873706
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Satellite Map

Discover Lamorna Cove from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Lamorna Cove” goes by many names.
  • Cornish: “Porth Nansmornow”

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