Pencaire

Pencaire is an archaeological site in Germoe, Cornwall, England. Pencaire is situated nearby to the peak Tregonning Hill, as well as near The Preaching Pit - Disused Quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tregonning Hill and Godolphin Estate.

Tregonning Hill

Peak

Photo: RichTea, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tregonning Hill is the westerly of two granite hills overlooking Mount's Bay in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, the other being Godolphin Hill.

Godolphin Estate

Historic site

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Godolphin Estate is a National Trust property situated in Godolphin Cross, 7 km north-west of Helston in Cornwall, England. The house is a Grade I listed building. Godolphin Estate is situated 1 mile north of Pencaire.

Church of Saint Germoe

Church

Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of Saint Germoe is situated 1 mile southwest of Pencaire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balwest and Ashton.

Balwest

Hamlet

Photo: RichTea, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balwest is a hamlet in the civil parish of Germoe in west Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The hamlet is on the southern edge of a former mining area, part of a geological formation known as the Tregonning-Godolphin Granite which was formerly an important source of tin and copper ore.

Ashton

Village

Photo: Mari Buckley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashton is a village in the civil parish of Breage, west Cornwall, England, UK at OS grid ref SW604286. It is on the A394 Penzance – Helston road one mile north-east of Praa Sands.

Germoe

Village

Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Germoe is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Germoe village, the parish's main settlement and church town, is about five miles west of Helston and seven miles east of Penzance.

Pencaire

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Germoe, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.12188° or 50° 7′ 19″ north

Longitude

-5.36038° or 5° 21′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C2P4JCQ+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1612847760

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tregonning Hill and The Preaching Pit - Disused Quarry.

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