Penberth Capstan
Penberth Capstan is a historic site in St Buryan, West Cornwall, England. Penberth Capstan is situated nearby to the church Treen Chapel, as well as near the locality Logan Rock.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Minack Theatre and Treryn Dinas.
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 1 mile southwest of Penberth Capstan.
Treryn Dinas
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Treryn Dinas is a headland near Treen, on the Penwith peninsula between Penberth Cove and Porthcurno in Cornwall, England. It is a scheduled monument, and is owned by the National Trust. Treryn Dinas is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Penberth Capstan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penberth and Logan Rock.
Penberth
Hamlet
Photo: Marktee1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penberth is a valley, coastal village and cove on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England. It is approximately 7 miles southwest of Penzance. Most of the village is within the parish of St Buryan and the boundary with St Levan follows the Penberth river.
Logan Rock
Locality
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Logan Rock near the village of Treen in Cornwall, United Kingdom, is an example of a logan or rocking stone. Although it weighs some 80 tons, it was dislodged in 1824 by a group of British seamen, intent on showing what the Navy could do.
Treen
Village
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Treen is a small village in the parish of St Levan, in the far west of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about 3 miles inland from Land's End on a short unclassified spur road from the B3315.
Penberth Capstan
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: St Buryan, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.04766° or 50° 2′ 52″ northLongitude
-5.62963° or 5° 37′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C2P29XC+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 2959904369OpenStreetMap feature
historic=capstanOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=crane
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Treen Chapel and The Logan Rock Inn.
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