Lamorna

Lamorna is an electrical substation in St Buryan, West Cornwall, England. Lamorna is situated nearby to Chygurno, as well as near the church Borah Chapel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Pipers and Tater Du Lighthouse.

The Pipers

Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Pipers are a pair of standing stones near The Merry Maidens stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Pipers is situated 3,300 feet west of Lamorna.

Tater Du Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tater Du Lighthouse is Cornwall's most recently built lighthouse. The construction of the lighthouse came out of the tragedy of losing a small Spanish coaster called the Juan Ferrer on 23 October 1963, on the nearby Boscawen Point, the vessel capsized with the loss of 11 lives. Tater Du Lighthouse is situated 1 mile south of Lamorna.

Tregiffian Burial Chamber

Archaeological site

Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Tregiffian Burial Chamber is a Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered cairn. It is near Lamorna in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a rare form of a passage grave, known as an Entrance grave. Tregiffian Burial Chamber is situated 1 mile west of Lamorna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lamorna and Castallack.

Lamorna

Village

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lamorna is a village, valley and cove in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the Penwith peninsula approximately 4 miles south of Penzance. Lamorna became popular with the artists of the Newlyn School, including Alfred Munnings, Laura Knight and Harold Knight, and is also known for former residents Derek and Jean Tangye who farmed land and wrote "The Minack Chronicles".

Castallack

Hamlet

Photo: Alan Simkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castallack is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on a minor road between Sheffied and Lamorna.