The Preaching Pit - Disused Quarry
The Preaching Pit - Disused Quarry is a quarry in Germoe, Cornwall, England. The Preaching Pit - Disused Quarry is situated nearby to the heath Tregonning Hill, as well as near the archaeological site Pencaire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tregonning Hill and Godolphin Estate.
Tregonning Hill
Peak
Photo: RichTea, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tregonning Hill is the westerly of two granite hills overlooking Mount's Bay in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, the other being Godolphin Hill.
Godolphin Estate
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Godolphin Estate is a National Trust property situated in Godolphin Cross, 7 km north-west of Helston in Cornwall, England. The house is a Grade I listed building. Godolphin Estate is situated 1¼ miles north of The Preaching Pit - Disused Quarry.
Church of Saint Germoe
Church
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Saint Germoe is situated 1 mile west of The Preaching Pit - Disused Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balwest and Ashton.
Balwest
Hamlet
Photo: RichTea, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balwest is a hamlet in the civil parish of Germoe in west Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. The hamlet is on the southern edge of a former mining area, part of a geological formation known as the Tregonning-Godolphin Granite which was formerly an important source of tin and copper ore.
Ashton
Village
Photo: Mari Buckley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashton is a village in the civil parish of Breage, west Cornwall, England, UK at OS grid ref SW604286. It is on the A394 Penzance – Helston road one mile north-east of Praa Sands.
Germoe
Village
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Germoe is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Germoe village, the parish's main settlement and church town, is about five miles west of Helston and seven miles east of Penzance.
The Preaching Pit - Disused Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Germoe, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.11958° or 50° 7′ 11″ northLongitude
-5.35781° or 5° 21′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C2P4J9R+RVOpenStreetMap ID
way 490505959OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Highlights include Tregonning Hill and Pencaire.
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