Carn Marth

Carn Marth is the name of a hill in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, near Redruth. It is 235 m high, and is well known for the granite quarried from it in the past. The name of the hill comes from the Cornish language words karn and margh, meaning 'horse'.

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gwennap Pit and Christchurch Lanner.

Gwennap Pit

Historic site

Photo: Gwyn Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gwennap Pit is a historic site.

Christchurch Lanner

Church

Photo: Paul Barnett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Redruth railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.

Redruth station serves the town of Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom; it is situated on the Cornish Main Line between Truro and Camborne. The station is 309 miles 68 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Busveal and Trevarth.

Busveal

Hamlet

Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Busveal is a mining settlement in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is located approximately one mile east of Redruth. It is in the civil parish of St Day.

Trevarth

Hamlet

Trevarth is a hamlet in the parish of Lanner, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The name Trevarth comes from the Cornish language words tre, meaning 'farm' or 'settlement', and margh, meaning 'horse', an element it shares with nearby Carn Marth.