Giant’s Holt
Giant’s Holt is a hamlet in Sancreed, Cornwall, England. Giant’s Holt is situated nearby to the hamlet Higher Receven, as well as near Lower Tregerest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mên-an-Tol and Lanyon Quoit.
Mên-an-Tol
Archaeological site
Photo: Bkroll, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mên-an-Tol is a small formation of standing stones in Cornwall, England. It is about three miles northwest of Madron. It is also known locally as the "Crick Stone". Mên-an-Tol is situated 2 miles north of Giant’s Holt.
Lanyon Quoit
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. It collapsed in a storm in 1815 and was re-erected nine years later, and as a result the dolmen is now very different from its original appearance.
Chûn Castle
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The fort was built about 2,500 years ago, and fell into disuse until the early centuries AD when it was possibly re-occupied to protect the nearby tin mines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbridge and Great Bosullow.
Newbridge
Village
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newbridge is a hamlet in the civil parish of Madron on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the A3071 road between St Just and Penzance, about three miles west of the latter.
Great Bosullow
Hamlet
Great Bosullow is a hamlet south-east of Morvah in west Cornwall, England, UK. Bosullow Common is an extensive area of heathland. Great Bosullow lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Little Bosullow
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Bosullow is a hamlet in the civil parish of Madron, Cornwall, England, UK. Great Bosullow is to the west, Bosullow is on the B3312 Madron to Morvah road and Bosullow Common is to the north.
Giant’s Holt
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Sancreed, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.13423° or 50° 8′ 3″ northLongitude
-5.61802° or 5° 37′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C2P49MJ+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3879979690OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Higher Receven and Lower Tregerest.
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Highlights include Boscawens Common and The Fountain Inn.
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