Giant’s Holt

Giant’s Holt is a hamlet in Sancreed, Cornwall, England. Giant’s Holt is situated near the hamlet Higher Receven, as well as near Lower Tregerest.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lanyon Quoit and Chûn Castle.

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.

The Fountain Inn

Pub

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Fountain Inn is a pub.

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″ north

Longitude

-5.61802° or 5° 37′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C2P49MJ+MQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3879979690

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Higher Receven and Lower Tregerest.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Boscawens Common and Boswarva Carn.

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