Roundwood Quay

Roundwood Quay is a historic site in Kea, Cornwall, England. Roundwood Quay is situated near the archaeological site Roundwood Fort, as well as near the deciduous forest North Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Roundwood Fort and Old Kea Mission Chapel.

Roundwood Fort

Archaeological site

Photo: Flynn Peck, CC BY 4.0.

Roundwood Fort is an archaeological site, which is situated 330 feet west of Roundwood Quay.

Old Kea Mission Chapel

Church

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Kea Mission Chapel is a church, which is situated 1 mile north of Roundwood Quay.

A plen-an-gwarry or plain-an-gwary, is a "playing-place" or round, a medieval amphitheatre found in Cornwall. A circular outdoor space used for plays, sports, and public events, the plen-an-gwary was a Cornish variant of a construction style found across Great Britain. Plen-an-gwary is situated 2 miles northwest of Roundwood Quay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coombe and Cowlands.

Coombe

Hamlet

Photo: Fred James, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coombe is a village in Kea parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village lies beside the River Fal approximately 2+1⁄2 miles south of Truro at grid reference SW836409. Coombe lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Cowlands

Hamlet

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cowlands is a hamlet at the head of Coombe Creek southeast of Playing Place in Cornwall, England. According to the Post Office the population at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Truro.

Old Kea

Hamlet

Photo: Fred James, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Kea is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the west bank of the Truro River approximately two miles south of Truro. This and the nearby village of Kea are said to have been named after the Saint Kea who arrived at Old Kea from Ireland in the 5th century.

Roundwood Quay

Type: Historic site
Description: wharf in Feock, Cornwall, UK
Categories: wharf, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Kea, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.22372° or 50° 13′ 25″ north

Longitude

-5.03112° or 5° 1′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C2P6XF9+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2963483616

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=port

Wikidata ID

Q26452903

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: North Wood and WW2 D-Day Embarkation Hard.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Holly Cottage and WW2 Air Raid Shelter (site of).

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