Towednack

Towednack is a churchtown and civil parish in , England, United Kingdom. The parish is bounded by those of in the west, in the south, in the west and south, and and the Atlantic Ocean in the north and east.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Zennor Quoit and Leach Pottery.

is a ruined megalithic burial chamber or dolmen, located on a moor about a mile east of the village of , , England, UK. It dates to 2500–1500 BC.

Museum
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The was founded in 1920 by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada in , in the . The buildings grew from an old cow / tin-ore shed in the 19th century to a pottery in the 1920s with the addition of a two-storey cottage added on to the lower end of the pottery, followed by a completely separate cottage at the top of the site added by Leach in 1927.

Peak
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is a 212-metre-high hill that lies between the hamlets of Trink and , near to the village of . lies one kilometre to the South East.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zennor and St Ives.

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is a small village between and in West Cornwall, within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Antiquities include the megalithic burial chambers Quoit and Sperris Quoit.

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is a seaside town on the north coast of West Cornwall, near . In 2011 its population was 11,226. This fishing village grew up into a seaside resort, and has long attracted artists.

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is a seaside resort and village in , England. It lies 1 mile southeast of , on the western coast of , on the Atlantic coast. The South West Coast Path passes above the beach.

Towednack

Latitude
50.1915° or 50° 11′ 29″ north
Longitude
-5.5257° or 5° 31′ 32″ west
Elevation
571 feet (174 metres)
Open location code
9C2P5FRF+JP
Geo­Names ID
7294454
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In Other Languages

“Towednack” goes by many names.
  • Cornish: “Tewydnek”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Trendrine Hill and Rosewall Hill.

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