Bay of Biscay
Bay of Biscay is a hamlet in Madron, Cornwall, England. Bay of Biscay is situated nearby to the hamlet Lower Ninnes, as well as near New Mill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mulfra Quoit and Chysauster Ancient Village.
Mulfra Quoit
Chysauster Ancient Village
Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY 2.5.
Chysauster Ancient Village is a late Iron Age and Romano-British village of courtyard houses in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which is currently in the care of English Heritage.
Madron Well and Madron Well Chapel
Ruins
Photo: Malcolm Kewn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Madron Well and Madron Well Chapel is a scheduled Ancient Monument in the civil parish of Madron, Cornwall, UK. Madron Well Chapel is the ruin of a 12th- or 14th-century chapel dedicated to St Madern and occupies the site of a much older Celtic structure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Mill and Mulfra.
New Mill
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Mill is a small settlement in west Cornwall, England. It is approximately 2 miles north of Penzance on the road to Gurnard's Head.
Mulfra
Hamlet
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mulfra is a hamlet in the parish of Madron, Cornwall, England and is on the southern slope of Mulfra Hill. Nearby is the Scheduled monument, Mulfra Quoit, which is a portal dolmen, i.e. a ceremonial and funerary monument dating from the early or middle Neolithic period, probably in use from 3500 to 2600 BC.
Carfury
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carfury is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in Penwith approximately three miles northwest of Penzance. It is in the civil parish of Madron The 19th-century geologist Elizabeth Carne founded a school in Carfury.
Bay of Biscay
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Madron, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.15354° or 50° 9′ 13″ northLongitude
-5.56391° or 5° 33′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C2P5C3P+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 470881146OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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