Perran Round

Perran Round is an amphitheatre in the hamlet of , midway between the villages of and , , UK. It is described as the best surviving example of a , a medieval amphitheatre used for performing the Ordinalia, or Cornish miracle plays, and Cornish wrestling tournaments.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Hill fort and plen an gwari in Cornwall, England, UK
  • Also known as: “St Piran’s Round”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Michael Mission Church and Church of Saint Piran.

Church
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1½ miles west of Perran Round.

Church
Photo: Fred James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1½ miles south of Perran Round.

Church
Photo: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a Grade I listed parish church in , , . It stands on a site traditionally associated with St Cubert, a 7th-century Welsh missionary. is situated 2 miles north of Perran Round.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rose and Goonhavern.

Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in mid-, UK. is to the north-west of and east of . Between and Lower is St Piran's Round, a circular earthwork which could have originally been an Iron Age circular enclosure.

Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England, in the civil parish of . It is located along the A3075 road, about two miles east of .

Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the north coast of , England, United Kingdom. It is half-a-mile south of the small seaside resort of and is in the civil parish of .

Perran Round

Latitude
50.34822° or 50° 20′ 54″ north
Longitude
-5.12336° or 5° 7′ 24″ west
Open location code
9C2P8VXG+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5545547358
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q13422500
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In Other Languages

From Cornish to Welsh—“Perran Round” goes by many names.
  • Cornish: “Plen an Gwari Lannberan”
  • Latin: “St Piran’s Round”
  • Welsh: “Plen an Gwari Lannberan”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rose Methodist Church and Sunny Meadows Tourist Park.

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