St Buryan

St Buryan is a small village in the far west of Cornwall. It is a site of special historic interest, and contains many listed buildings including the famous grade I listed church.
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  • Type: Village with 1,410 residents
  • Description: village and former civil parish in Cornwall, England
  • Also known as: “St Buryan, Cornwall”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boscawen-Un and Tregiffian Burial Chamber.

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Boscawen-Ûn is a Bronze Age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK. It consists of nineteen upright stones in an ellipse with another, leaning, middle stone just south of the centre.

Archaeological site
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The is a Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered cairn. It is near in west , . It is a rare form of a passage grave, known as an Entrance grave.

Church
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The Church of St Buryan is a Grade I listed parish church in St Buryan, , . Although a church has occupied the site since at least the early 10th century, the present building dates mainly from the late 15th and early 16th centuries, with surviving fabric from the 12th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Levan and Mousehole.

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is a parish in the south coast of West Cornwall, near . It consists of the villages of , Porthcurno, Trethewey and Treen. It is home to the spectacular open-air Minack Theatre overlooking the sea to the Logan Rock.

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is a charming fishing village in West Cornwall, known for its picturesque harbour. Dylan Thomas described as "the loveliest village in England."…

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is a fishing village in West Cornwall, a mile or two south of Penzance. The mediaeval quay, beloved of the School painters, still exists and there are many charming cottages and narrow lanes to explore.

St Buryan

Latitude
50.0751° or 50° 4′ 30″ north
Longitude
-5.6204° or 5° 37′ 13″ west
Population
1,410
Elevation
394 feet (120 metres)
Open location code
9C2P39GH+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29170278
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6621656
Wiki­data ID
Q652930
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“St Buryan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سانت بورين”
  • Basque: “St Buryan”
  • Breton: “Eglosveryan”
  • Catalan: “St Buryan”
  • Cebuano: “St. Buryan”
  • Chinese: “St. Buryan”
  • Cornish: “Pluwveryan”
  • Dutch: “St Buryan”
  • Dutch: “St. Buryan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سانت بورين”
  • French: “St Buryan”
  • Galician: “St Buryan”
  • German: “St Buryan”
  • Irish: “St Buryan”
  • Italian: “St Buryan”
  • Japanese: “セント・バーヤン”
  • Latin: “Vicus Sanctae Burianae”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “St. Buryan”
  • Persian: “سنت بوریان”
  • Polish: “St Buryan”
  • Spanish: “St Buryan”
  • Swedish: “St. Buryan”
  • Ukrainian: “Сейнт-Бурін”
  • Welsh: “Eglosveryan”
  • Welsh: “Pluwveryan”
  • Welsh: “St Buryan”

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