Ponsongath
Ponsongath is a hamlet west of Coverack in west Cornwall, England. In 2017 Ponsongath Methodist Church merged with the Methodist church at St Keverne. The name Ponsongath comes from the Cornish language Pons an Gath, which means 'the cat bridge'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kennack Sands and St Peter’s Church, Coverack.
Kennack Sands
Beach
Photo: Simon Huguet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kennack Sands is a beach and sand-dune system on the east coast of the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK.
St Peter’s Church, Coverack
Church
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter’s Church, Coverack is situated 1½ miles east of Ponsongath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trelan and Gwenter.
Trelan
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trelan is a hamlet in the parish of St Keverne in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the eastern borders of Goonhilly Downs. Trelan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Gwenter
Hamlet
Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gwenter is a hamlet in the parish of St Keverne, Cornwall, England. Gwenter lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
Coverack
Village
Photo: Matteosoldati, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coverack is a coastal village and fishing port in Cornwall, UK. It lies in the parish of St Keverne, on the east side of the Lizard peninsula about nine miles south of Falmouth. Coverack is situated 1½ miles east of Ponsongath.
Ponsongath
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: St Keverne, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.01974° or 50° 1′ 11″ northLongitude
-5.13388° or 5° 8′ 2″ westElevation
240 feet (73 metres)Open location code
9C2P2V98+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 29282537OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Ponsongath” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ponsongath”
- Cornish: “Pons an Gath”
- Polish: “Ponsongath”
- Welsh: “Pons an Gath”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Penhallick and Spernic Cove.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include WW2 Chain Home Radar Station (site of) and WW2 RAF Treleaver GCI (Ground Controlled Intercept) / Cold War ROTOR Radar Station (site of).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ponsongath”. Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.