Messack Point

Places of Interest

St Mawes Castle

Castle

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St Mawes Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal. St Mawes Castle is situated 2 miles south of Messack Point.

St Mylor Church

Church

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St Mylor Church is a Grade I listed parish church in Mylor Churchtown, Cornwall, England. The building dates from the 12th century, with substantial rebuilding in the 15th century and restoration in 1870.

Trelissick

Garden

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Trelissick is a house and garden in the ownership of the National Trust at Feock, near Truro, Cornwall, England. It is located on the B3289 road, just west of King Harry Ferry, and overlooks the estuary known as Carrick Roads. Trelissick is situated 2½ miles north of Messack Point.

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Mylor Churchtown

Village

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Mylor Churchtown is a coastal village in Cornwall, England. It is the church town of the ecclesiastical parish of Mylor and is situated at the mouth of Mylor Creek, approximately three miles north of Falmouth.

Percuil

Hamlet

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Percuil is a hamlet in Roseland, Cornwall, England. Percuil is on the east bank of the Percuil River and south-west of Gerrans. Percuil is situated 1½ miles southeast of Messack Point.

St Mawes

Village

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St Mawes is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise. St Mawes is situated 1½ miles south of Messack Point.

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