Maen Castle
Maen Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to Land's End in Cornwall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Cliff castle known as Maen Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Round House and First And Last House.
The Round House
Art gallery
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Round House is an art gallery, which is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Maen Castle.
First And Last House
Photo: Kmtextor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
First And Last House is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Maen Castle.
St Sennen’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Sennen's Church, Sennen is a parish church in the Church of England located in Sennen, Cornwall, England, UK. St Sennen’s Church is situated 3,100 feet east of Maen Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Land’s End and Sennen.
Land’s End
Land's End is the most southwesterly point in Britain and part of West Cornwall in the South West. It is not a town or village but rather a former small holding which is well known for being the starting/ending point for the Land's End to John o'Groats journey.
Sennen
Village
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sennen is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sennen village is situated approximately eight miles west-southwest of Penzance.
Maen Castle
- Categories: promontory fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sennen, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.07272° or 50° 4′ 22″ northLongitude
-5.70804° or 5° 42′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C2P37FR+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 2355768818OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q15072505
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Maen Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Maen Castle”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Coastguard Lookout and WW2 Mark’s Castle Chain Home Low 17A Radar Station (remains of).
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Millennium Milepost Sennen and Climbers of the royal army.
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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 “Maen Castle”. Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.