Lanyon
Lanyon is a hamlet in the parish of Madron in Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated on a north facing slope on the Madron to Morvah road. The nearest town is Penzance 4 miles to the south.Photo: Jowaninpensans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lanyon Quoit and Mên-an-Tol.
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.
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".
Bosiliack Barrow
Archaeological site
Photo: Malcolm Kewn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bosiliack Barrow is a barrow on the Penwith Moors between Madron and Morvah near the hamlet of Bosiliack in Cornwall, UK. The barrow is Neolithic and was excavated in 1984, causing little disturbance to the ancient site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Bosullow and Great Bosullow.
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.
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.
Boskednan
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boskednan is a hamlet near Mulfra Hill northwest of Penzance in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of Madron. The Boskednan stone circle, also called the Nine Maidens of Boskednan, is nearby.
Lanyon
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Cornwal
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Madron, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.15074° or 50° 9′ 3″ northLongitude
-5.60544° or 5° 36′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C2P592V+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 8791179646OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q19875000
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lanyon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lanyon (Madron)”
- Basque: “Lanyon”
- Cornish: “Lynnyeyn”
- Welsh: “Lynnyeyn”
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Localities in the Area
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