Portheras Common

Portheras Common is an evergreen forest in St Just in Penwith, West Cornwall, England. Portheras Common is situated near the locality Pendeen Carn, as well as near Portherras.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pendeen Lighthouse and Chûn Quoit.

Pendeen Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Pendeen Lighthouse, also known as Pendeen Watch, is an active aid to navigation located 2 kilometres to the north of Pendeen in west Cornwall, England.

Chûn Quoit

Archaeological site

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Chûn Quoit is one of the best preserved of all Neolithic quoits in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Chûn Quoit is located in open moorland near Pendeen and Morvah.

Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The fort was built about 2,500 years ago, and fell into disuse until the early centuries AD when it was possibly re-occupied to protect the nearby tin mines.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pendeen and Madron and Sancreed.

Pendeen

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Pendeen is a former mining town in West Cornwall. It is a quaint village in a designated 'Area of Natural Outstanding Beauty' with lots of interesting features such as the stunning lighthouse, a lovely beach, bronze-age monuments such as 'Pendeen Fogou', the…