Great Wheal Fortune is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Great Wheal Fortune

There are great places to visit near Great Wheal Fortune including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.

Hiking Areas to visit near Great Wheal Fortune include Tehidy.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are great places to visit near Great Wheal Fortune if you like country parks.

The area around Great Wheal Fortune boasts some of the best towns including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Great Wheal Fortune is near some unmissable hills like Kit Hill Country Park,

Great Wheal Fortune has some unmissable villages nearby like Cremyll, and Botallack.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Great Wheal Fortune like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Great Wheal Fortune's best nearby airports can be found at Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Great Wheal Fortune History

There are some historic monuments around Great Wheal Fortune:

• Churchyard cross in St Melaine's churchyard
• Wayside cross-head in Phillack churchyard, south west of the church
• Round at Castle Kayle Farm
• Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace
• Enclosures E of Gurlyn
• Kerbed cairn called Hangman's Barrow
• Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
• Round cairn 185m NNW of Old Hilltop Farm
• Churchyard cross in Cury churchyard
• Three wayside crosses in the grounds of Clowance
• Wayside cross called The Mexico Cross, 250m north east of Riviere Farm, Phillack
• Wayside cross-head in Gwinear churchyard, east of the church
• Wayside cross in Gwinear churchyard, 5m north of the church
• Wayside cross in St John's churchyard, Treslothan
• Standing stone known as the Long Stone, 180m north of Halvanance Farm
• The remains of the Chapel of St Ia and adjacent cell
• Three bowl barrows 245m north west of Gregwartha Cottage
• Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House
• Part of the mining complex associated with Marriott's Shaft once part of South Wheal Francis tin and copper mine
• Polmenor Cross in Gwinear churchyard, 12m north of the church
• Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft
• Churchyard cross in Phillack churchyard, south of the church
• Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House
• Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm
• Part of the mining complex at Wheal Grenville and East Wheal Grenville Mines 210 north west of Newton Moor Farm
• Bowl barrow on Boskenwyn Downs, 510m east of Lower Boskenwyn
• Wayside cross and cross-base immediately north east of the Donald Thomas Daycare Centre, 180m east of St Meriadoc and St Martin's Church
• Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
• Bowl barrow 230m east of Trewirgie Farm
• Trevena Cross
• Round 200m north east of Burncoose
• Wayside cross and cross-base in Camborne churchyard, 10m south west of the church
• Three bowl barrows 350m north of Poldhu Cove
• Part of a mining complex 210m south of Nancegollan Farm
• Wayside cross in Gunwalloe churchyard, 0.75m east of the church
• Round 530m ESE of Treloskan
• Wayside cross and cross slab in St Michael's churchyard
• Cross in forecourt of Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street
• Romano-British defended settlement 340m ESE of Grambla
• Round cairn with later shelter and beacon known as Beacon Hut, 430m NNW of Wheal Lovell Farm
• Wayside cross in Camborne churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Standing stone 100m west of Lezerea Farm
• Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
• Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
• Wayside Cross at Camborne Park Recreation Ground
• Two round barrows on Pedngwinian Head
• Roseworthy Arsenic Works, 700m west of Cornhill Farm
• Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas
• Portal dolmen called The Giant's Quoit at Carwynnen
• Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton
• Wayside cross at the junction between Cross Street and Church Street, Helston
• Part of the mining complex at South Condurrow and Wheal Grenville Mines, 410m south west of Newton Moor Farm
• Round cairn and kerbed cairn 300m north east of Blackrock Farm
• Two bowl barrows and one platform barrow between 600m and 830m south east of Trudnoe Farm
• Bodilly Cross, at Bodilly Veor
• Trevarnon Round
• Cliff castle W of Gunwalloe Church
• An early Christian memorial stone and a wayside cross in Phillack churchyard, south east of the church
• Rectangular camp SW of Trevarnon Round
• Mortar outcrop at Trenear, 9m north east of Poldark Mine entrance
• Betty Adit tailings works, 170m south west of Harley Farm
• Small stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' 60m east of Carthew House
• Medieval wayside cross base, 10m south of Gunwalloe church