enclosure
enclosure is an archaeological site in Sancreed, Cornwall, England. enclosure is situated nearby to the archaeological site Caer Bran, as well as near the hamlet Grumbla.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Caer Bran and Carn Euny.
Caer Bran
Archaeological site
Photo: Malcolm Kewn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caer Bran Hill Fort is an archaeological site near Sancreed and Carn Euny Iron Age village, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall. Caer Bran is situated 510 feet west of enclosure.
Carn Euny
Archaeological site
Carn Euny is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It consists of evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement, with excavation on the site showing activity at Carn Euny as early as the Neolithic period. Carn Euny is situated 2,200 feet west of enclosure.
Fogou
Historic site
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A fogou or fougou is an underground, dry-stone structure found on Iron Age or Romano-British-defended settlement sites in Cornwall. The original purpose of a fogou is uncertain today. Fogou is situated 2,300 feet west of enclosure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grumbla and Brane.
Grumbla
Hamlet
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grumbla is a hamlet in the parish of Sancreed, Cornwall, England, UK.
Brane
Hamlet
Photo: Elizabeth Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brane is a hamlet southwest of Sancreed in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is in the civil parish of Sancreed. It is noted for the Carn Euny Iron Age site which lies to the north.
Crows-an-Wra
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crows-an-Wra is a hamlet in West Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the civil parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul approximately four miles northeast of Land's End.
enclosure
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sancreed, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.10461° or 50° 6′ 17″ northLongitude
-5.6248° or 5° 37′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C2P493G+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1678621970OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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