Visit West Cornwall

West Cornwall has a world franchise on ancient sites. Wherever you go in this far western land you will find Stone Age burial chambers, Bronze Age stone circles and lonely granite pillars etched against the sky. Along the rugged coastline lie the dramatic remains of ancient enclosures, the cliff castles of the Iron Age.

The granite in West Cornwall ensures the survival of many sites. Rub shoulders with the vast uprights of Late Stone Age burial chambers at Lanyon Quoit near Madron and Chun Quoit near Morvah. Dream of Bronze Age ritual at the mysterious holed stone of Men-an-tol, at the magical stone circles of the Merry Maidens above Lamorna and the atmospheric Boscawen-un near St Buryan. Surround yourself in Iron Age villages at Chysauster and Carn Euny, where ghosts still haunt the air.

On the breezy headlands of Logan Rock above Porthcurno and Gurnards Head near Zennor, defensive banks of earth and stone still survive across the neck of the headlands. These great sites were the gathering places of Iron Age communities. They may have been used for defence against hostile invaders, although archaeologist believed that they may have been famous gathering places where people came to trade goods and to celebrate the vivid ceremonies that illuminated their lives. Today, we can share some of that heritage in the magical world of West Cornwall.

Please treat these sites with respect as they may still be used for traditional ceremonies.

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