English Heritage sites near Mawnan Parish
PENDENNIS CASTLE
3 miles from Mawnan Parish
Visit Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, a mighty fortress built by Henry VIII to defend against invasion. Enjoy unmissable views and travel back to wartime Cornwall.
ST MAWES CASTLE
5 miles from Mawnan Parish
St Mawes Castle is among the best-preserved of Henry VIII's coastal artillery fortresses, and the most elaborately decorated of them all.
HALLIGGYE FOGOU
5 miles from Mawnan Parish
Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.
CHYSAUSTER ANCIENT VILLAGE
19 miles from Mawnan Parish
The houses line a 'village street', and each had an open central courtyard surrounded by a number of thatched rooms.
TREGIFFIAN BURIAL CHAMBER
22 miles from Mawnan Parish
A Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered tomb with an entrance passage, walled and roofed with stone slabs, leading into the central chamber.
CARN EUNY ANCIENT VILLAGE
23 miles from Mawnan Parish
Among the preserved ancient villages in the South West, occupied from the Iron Age until late Roman times. It includes the foundations of stone houses, and an intriguing underground passage.
Churches in Mawnan Parish
Mawnan: St Mawnan
Church Road
Mawnan
Falmouth
07919 186307
http://www.stmawnan.org
please visit stmawnan.org
Mawnan: St Michael
Carwinion Road
Mawnan Smith
Truro
07919 186307
http://www.stmawnan.org
Please visit stmawnan.org
Pubs in Mawnan Parish
Budock Vean Hotel
Ferry Boat Inn
Helford Passage, TR11 5LB
(01326) 250625
ferryboatcornwall.co.uk/
Red Lion
The Square, Mawnan Smith, TR11 5EP
(01326) 250026
redlioncornwall.com