Mulfra
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mulfra Quoit and Chysauster Ancient Village.
Mulfra Quoit
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.
Chysauster Ancient Village
Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY 2.5.
Chysauster Ancient Village is a late Iron Age and Romano-British village of courtyard houses in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which is currently in the care of English Heritage.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Mill and Bodrifty.
New Mill
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Mill is a small settlement in west Cornwall, England. It is approximately 2 miles north of Penzance on the road to Gurnard's Head.
Bodrifty
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bodrifty is the modern name of an Iron Age village, now in ruins, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 700 yards west of Mulfra Hill in Penwith District, 3 miles northwest of Penzance and 1.5 miles southwest of Porthmeor, on the high ground of the watershed between the Atlantic and the English Channel.
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
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Madron, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.15793° or 50° 9′ 29″ northLongitude
-5.56522° or 5° 33′ 55″ westElevation
522 feet (159 metres)Open location code
9C2P5C5M+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 470881145OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Mulfra” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mulfra”
- Cornish: “Molvra”
- Welsh: “Molvra”
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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 “Mulfra”. Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.