St Nectan’s Kieve
Saint Nectan's Kieve in Saint Nectan's Glen, near Tintagel in Cornwall, Great Britain, is a plunge pool or basin fed by a 60-foot-high waterfall on the Trevillet River.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall and pool near Tintagel, Cornwall
- Also known as: “St. Nectan’s Kieve”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Nectan’s Glen and St Piran’s Chapel.
St Nectan’s Glen
Photo: Roddy Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saint Nectan's Glen is an area of woodland in Trethevy near Tintagel, north Cornwall stretching for around one mile along both banks of the Trevillet River. St Nectan’s Glen is situated 1,500 feet west of St Nectan’s Kieve.
St Piran’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Piran's Chapel is a long, single storey slate construction in the hamlet of Trethevy in the parish of Tintagel, Cornwall, UK. It is a chapel-of-ease in the Anglican parish of Tintagel. St Piran’s Chapel is situated 2,600 feet northwest of St Nectan’s Kieve.
Bossiney Haven
Beach
Photo: Dsgreat3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bossiney Haven is a small cove in the civil parish of Tintagel. It is on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom and a mile east of Tintagel and three miles west of Boscastle. Bossiney Haven is situated 1 mile northwest of St Nectan’s Kieve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trethevy and Halgabron.
Trethevy
Hamlet
Trethevy is a hamlet in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is midway between the villages of Tintagel and Boscastle in the civil parish of Tintagel.
Halgabron
Locality
Halgabron is a hamlet in the parish of Tintagel, Cornwall, England. Halgabron is east of Bossiney. The family of Robartes once held land at Halgabron. Halgabron mill was built on the Trevillet River in the 19th century.
Rocky Valley
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rocky Valley is a small valley in the parish of Tintagel, north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The valley has been carved by the Trevillet River in Trethevy around one mile east of Tintagel.
St Nectan’s Kieve
- Categories: plunge pool and body of water
- Location: Tintagel, North Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.66466° or 50° 39′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.71626° or 4° 42′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C2QM77M+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3061433933OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallWikidata ID
Q7594908
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In Other Languages
From Cornish to Welsh—“St Nectan’s Kieve” goes by many names.
- Cornish: “Cuva Nathan”
- German: “St. Nectans Kieve”
- German: “St.-Nathans-Wanne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Nectan’s Kieve”
- Welsh: “Rhaeadr Sant Neithon, Kieve”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trevillett Quarry and Mill.
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