Lower Ninnes

Lower Ninnes is a hamlet in Madron, Cornwall, England. Lower Ninnes is situated nearby to the hamlet Bay of Biscay, as well as near Higher Ninnes.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mulfra Quoit and Boskednan stone circle.

Mulfra Quoit

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Mulfra Quoit is a Neolithic dolmen in the county of Cornwall in England. It stands on Mulfra Hill to the north of the hamlet of Mulfra.

Boskednan stone circle

Archaeological site

Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Boskednan stone circle is a partially restored prehistoric stone circle near Boskednan, around 4 miles northwest of the town of Penzance in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Ding Dong mines

Archaeological site

Photo: Malcolm Kewn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Ding Dong mines lie in an old and extensive mining area in the parish of Madron, in Penwith, Cornwall. They are about two miles north east of the St Just to Penzance road and look over Mount's Bay and St Michael's Mount to the south west.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carfury and Mulfra.

Carfury

Hamlet

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carfury is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in Penwith approximately three miles northwest of Penzance. It is in the civil parish of Madron The 19th-century geologist Elizabeth Carne founded a school in Carfury.

Mulfra

Hamlet

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mulfra is a hamlet in the parish of Madron, Cornwall, England and is on the southern slope of Mulfra Hill. Nearby is the Scheduled monument, Mulfra Quoit, which is a portal dolmen, i.e. a ceremonial and funerary monument dating from the early or middle Neolithic period, probably in use from 3500 to 2600 BC.