Boscawen-Ros East
Boscawen-Ros East is an archaeological site in St Buryan, West Cornwall, England. Boscawen-Ros East is situated nearby to the archaeological site Tregiffian Burial Chamber, as well as near Gûn Rith Menhir.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tregiffian Burial Chamber and The Pipers.
Tregiffian Burial Chamber
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tregiffian Burial Chamber is a Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered cairn. It is near Lamorna in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a rare form of a passage grave, known as an Entrance grave. Tregiffian Burial Chamber is situated 1,800 feet north of Boscawen-Ros East.
The Pipers
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pipers are a pair of standing stones near The Merry Maidens stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Pipers is situated 3,800 feet northeast of Boscawen-Ros East.
Tater Du Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tater Du Lighthouse is Cornwall's most recently built lighthouse. The construction of the lighthouse came out of the tragedy of losing a small Spanish coaster called the Juan Ferrer on 23 October 1963, on the nearby Boscawen Point, the vessel capsized with the loss of 11 lives. Tater Du Lighthouse is situated 1 mile southeast of Boscawen-Ros East.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Loy’s Cove and Lamorna.
St Loy’s Cove
Locality
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Loy's Cove is a small wooded valley and beach in the civil parish of St Buryan in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located two miles to the south of St Buryan churchtown, and between Penberth and Lamorna.
Lamorna
Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamorna is a village, valley and cove in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the Penwith peninsula approximately 4 miles south of Penzance. Lamorna became popular with the artists of the Newlyn School, including Alfred Munnings, Laura Knight and Harold Knight, and is also known for former residents Derek and Jean Tangye who farmed land and wrote "The Minack Chronicles".
Castallack
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Simkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castallack is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on a minor road between Sheffied and Lamorna. Castallack is situated 1½ miles northeast of Boscawen-Ros East.
Boscawen-Ros East
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Boscawen-Ros” and “Longstone”
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: St Buryan, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.05984° or 50° 3′ 35″ northLongitude
-5.59476° or 5° 35′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C2P3C54+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 8592577516OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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