Portherras
Portherras is a locality in St Just in Penwith, West Cornwall, England. Portherras is situated nearby to the village Bojewyan, as well as near the locality Pendeen Carn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Pendeen Lighthouse.
Pendeen Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pendeen Lighthouse, also known as Pendeen Watch is an active aid to navigation located 2 kilometres to the north of Pendeen in west Cornwall, England. It is located within the Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI, the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Penwith Heritage Coast.
Chûn Quoit
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion (treehouse1977), CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chûn Quoit is one of the best preserved of all Neolithic quoits in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Chûn Quoit is located in open moorland near Pendeen and Morvah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bojewyan and Pendeen.
Bojewyan
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bojewyan is a settlement on the Penwith Peninsula in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village lies along the B3306 road which runs along the north coast and connects St Ives to St Just.
Pendeen
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
Pendeen is a former mining town in West Cornwall. It is a quaint village in a designated 'Area of Natural Outstanding Beauty' with lots of interesting features such as the stunning lighthouse, a lovely beach, bronze-age monuments such as 'Pendeen Fogou', the…
Boscaswell
Village
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boscaswell is a village in the extreme west of Cornwall, England, UK. It lies towards the cliffs from Pendeen, looking west across fields to the Atlantic Ocean.
Portherras
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Portherras Cross”
- Location: St Just in Penwith, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.15294° or 50° 9′ 11″ northLongitude
-5.65786° or 5° 39′ 28″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
9C2P583R+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 690292158OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
13266278
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