Runnel Stone
The Runnel Stone, or Rundle Stone, is a hazardous rock pinnacle about 1-mile south of Gwennap Head, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It used to show above the surface at low water until a steamship struck it in 1923.Photo: Goatchurch, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: pinnacle in Cornwall, England
- Also known as: “Men Reunel” and “Rundle Stone”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Minack Theatre and Porthgwarra Beach.
Minack Theatre
Garden
Photo: Chef, Public domain.
The Minack Theatre is an open-air theatre, constructed above a gully with a rocky granite outcrop jutting into the sea. The theatre is at Porthcurno, four miles from Land's End in Cornwall, England. Minack Theatre is situated 1½ miles northeast of Runnel Stone.
St Levan’s Church, St Levan
Church
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Levan Church, St Levan is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Levan, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Until 1864 the church was a chapelry of the Royal Peculiar of the Deanery of St Buryan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gwennap Head and Porthgwarra.
Gwennap Head
Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gwennap Head is a headland on the south coast of the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is within the parish of St Levan and approximately 4 miles south of Land's End, and less than 1 mile north-west of Porthgwarra, the nearest village.
Porthgwarra
Hamlet
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porthgwarra is a small coastal village in the civil parish of St Levan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom situated between Land's End and Porthcurno. Access to the cove is via a minor road off the B3283 road at Polgigga and leads to the car park in the village.
Porthcurno
Village
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
Porthcurno is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish, both named St Levan, which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself, Trethewey and Treen. Porthcurno is situated 2 miles northeast of Runnel Stone.
Runnel Stone
- Category: rock formation
- Location: St Levan, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.02282° or 50° 1′ 22″ northLongitude
-5.67344° or 5° 40′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C2P28FG+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 279406669OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q7379896
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkmen—“Runnel Stone” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Runnel Stone”
- Dutch: “Men Reunel”
- Dutch: “Runnel Stone”
- French: “Men Reunel”
- German: “Men Reunel”
- German: “Runnel Stone”
- Italian: “Men Reunel”
- Low German: “Men Reunel”
- Low German: “Runnel Stone”
- Maori: “Men Reunel”
- Maori: “Runnel Stone”
- Polish: “Men Reunel”
- Polish: “Runnel Stone”
- Portuguese: “Men Reunel”
- Romanian: “Men Reunel”
- Russian: “Men Reunel”
- Russian: “Runnel Stone”
- Samoan: “Men Reunel”
- Samoan: “Runnel Stone”
- Spanish: “Men Reunel”
- Swedish: “Runnel Stone”
- Turkmen: “Men Reunel”
- Turkmen: “Runnel Stone”
- “Men Reunel”
- “Rundle Stone”
- “Runnel Stone”
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