Great Zawn
Great Zawn is a Area in the county of Cornwall.
There are great places to visit near Great Zawn including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.
There are a number of hiking areas near to Great Zawn including Tehidy.
There are a several good country parks in the Great Zawn area like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.
Great Zawn has some unmissable towns nearby like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.
Kit Hill Country Park is a great place to visit close to Great Zawn if you like hills.
Cremyll, and Botallack are great places to visit near Great Zawn if you like villages.
There are a number of historic buildings near to Great Zawn including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.
Don't miss Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport's airports if visiting the area around Great Zawn.
Great Zawn History
There are some historic monuments around Great Zawn:
- Round barrow 1000yds (910m) ESE of Rosemergy SW of Carn Galver
- Round barrow on Gear Common 400yds (370m) WSW of Pennance Farm
- Entrance grave known as Zennor Quoit 600m north-east of Foage Farm
- Medieval chapel known as Madron Well Chapel associated with Madron holy well
- Three round barrows 650yds (595m) N of Nine Maidens stone circle
- Rectangular enclosures 700yds (640m) E of Tregerthen
- Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system
- Standing stone 75m south of Tremayne
- Entrance grave 140m east of Kerrow
- Round barrow 300yds (270m) SSE of Polhigey
- Cist 165m east of Tredinneck Farm
- An entrance grave re-used as a kerbed cairn with cist known as 'Chapel Carn Brea'
- Enclosure containing eight round cairns known as Bartine Castle, 460m south east of Higher Bartinney
- Standing stone 105m south east of Chyenhal Farm
- Two stone hut circle settlements and part of an associated field system 370m south west of Boswens
- Round barrow 550yds (500m) N of Chycarne
- Round 280m WNW of Higher Faugan Hotel
- Bosiliack prehistoric settlement, field systems, entrance grave, cairns and later tinworks
- Leswidden Stone, 370m south west of Leswidden
- Courtyard house settlement 335m south of Nanjulian Farm
- Group of round barrows on Truthwall Common
- Part of a prehistoric field system at Tor Noon
- Boslow Cross 550yds (500m) NW of Boslow Farm
- Field system on Truthwall Common
- Chapel 140m south west of Bosence
- Botrea barrows
- Two entrance graves and two bowl barrows 670m SSE of Treen Farm
- Three bowl barrows 380m south east of Bryndowr
- Bowl barrow 260m SSE of Zennor Quoit
- Round barrow 200yds (180m) NNW of Long Stone
- Early Christian memorial stone and churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m south of the church
- Round cairn 230m SSW of Higher Tregiffian
- Barrow 100yds (90m) SE of Halgolluir Farm
- Three bowl barrows on Treen Common 430m north east of Higher Bosporthennis
- Standing stone 230m south of Primrose Cottage
- Field system on Dry Carn
- Part of a field system and cairn field 375m west of Bojuthnoe Farm
- Churchyard cross-head in wall of Paul churchyard
- Settlement 450yds (400m) NW of Middle Carnaquidden
- Medieval playing place known as Plain an Gwary, St Just
- Wayside cross known as Vellansagia Cross
- Tremethick Cross, 760m east of Tremethick Farm
- Wayside cross at Tregwainton Carn
- Standing stone called Tresvennack Pillar
- Standing stone 200yds (180m) W of Chycarne
- Early Christian memorial stone beside Bleu Bridge
- St Buryan churchtown cross
- Portal dolmen called Sperris Quoit
- Part of a prehistoric field system and medieval strip fields 250m south west of Higher Bartinney
- Medieval wayside cross at Paul
- Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit
- Round 500yds (460m) NW of Nancothan Cottages, Trewidden
- Ancient house and enclosures 250yds (230m) N of Mulfra Farm
- Entrance grave 245m north west of Pennance
- Kerbed cairn 660m WNW of Foage Farm
- Courtyard house settlement with part of a field system and a possible fogou 550m SSE of Treen
- Iron Age to Roman settlement with incorporated fogou and adjacent post-medieval cottage at Carn Euny
- Round called Lescudjack Castle
- Chambered barrow SSE of Treen
- Platform cairn 190m SSE of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
- Wayside cross 310m WNW of Little Boswarthen
- Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church
- Round 300yds (270m) NE of Newmill
- Wayside cross in Madron churchyard, west of the church
- Courtyard house and stone hut circle settlement 430m south west of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
- Medieval chapel called St Helen's Chapel with a dwelling and enclosure at Cape Cornwall
- Watermill near Bosigran Castle
- The Ballowall Barrow incorporating entrance grave, cairn, ritual pits and cists 420m WSW of Bollowal Farm
- A small multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle-an-Dinas' which contains an 18th century folly called 'Roger's Tower'
- Stone hut circle 730m west of Foage Farm
- Stone hut circle settlements, courtyard house settlement, enclosures and part of a field system at Boswarva Carn
- Round cairn and medieval settlement 150m south of Solomons Isle
- Cliff castle known as Maen Castle
- Bowl barrow 600m south west of Trewidden Farm
- Standing stone 150m north west of Trewern Round
- Carnyorth Circles, Carnyorth Farm
- Round called Lesingey Round
- Cross slab at parish church
- Kerbed cairn 100m NNW of Chapel Carn Brea
- Three wayside crosses in the churchyard of St Sennara's Church
- Promontory Fort called Trereen Dinas
- Round barrow 300yds (270m) W of Nine Maidens
- Wayside cross in St Just Vicarage garden
- Fogou 70m north of Pendeen Manor Farm
- Wayside cross beside a farm track, 115m north of Rosemorran Farm
- Medieval chapel called Chapel Jane
- Wayside cross at Nanquidno Farm
- Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm
- Two courtyard houses and two stone hut circles 470m north east of Newmill
- Enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Chygwidden Vean, 250m east of Land Vue
- Megalithic tomb 220yds (200m) SW of Trevarthen
- Holy well called Madron Well
- Churchyard cross in St Buryan churchyard
- Trevorgans Cross 375m east of Crows-an-wra
- Stone hut circle 390m south east of Little Brea Farm
- Wayside cross immediately south of St Towennicus' Church
- Two hut circles 380yds (350m) NE of Trevean
- Round 340m south east of Trevean
- Stone hut circle settlement, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system 500m south of Foage Farm
- Stone hut circle 40m west of Carnyorth Farm
- Courtyard house settlement known as Bosullow Trehyllys, 515m north east of Chun Castle
- Two kerbed cairns on Trendrine Hill
- Kerbed cairn 225m south of Heather Farm
- Enclosure 220yds (200m) NE of Trevean
- Kerbed cairn 365m north west of Tredinney
- Ring cairn 305m NNW of Joppa Farm
- Courtyard house 280m north west of Middle Carnaquidden
- Large regular stone circle called Boscawen-Un with two outlying standing stones west of Boscawen Noon Farm
- Geevor Mine
- Fogou at Lower Boscaswell
- Croftoe British village
- Two round barrows 300yds (270m) E of Little Higher Bosullow
- Two large regular stone circles 290m north east of Hailglower Farm
- Chapel and holy well on Chapel Downs
- Higher Levant Mine
- Wayside cross 200m north east of Boscathnoe Farm
- Hut circle settlement at Sperris Croft 500yds (460m) SE of Tregerthen Cottage
- Standing stone 340m south of Trye Farm
- Deserted medieval settlement with 16th and 18th century structures 85m west of West Lanyon Quoit
- Courtyard house settlement with enclosure and fogou 235m south east of Porthmeor Farm
- Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 20m south east of the church
- Wayside cross immediately north east of St John the Baptist's Church
- Kerbed cairn and round cairn 210m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
- Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and part of a field system 400m north of Bodrifty Farm
- Wayside cross 290m SSW of Madron Well
- Iron Age defended settlement, 330m south east of Caer Bran Farm
- The Men Scryfa, an early Christian memorial stone
- Round cairn 135m west of Little Carnaquidden
- Round cairn 180m WSW of Higher Conquer
- Two kerbed cairns 240m WSW of Boscregan
- Standing stone 60m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
- Promontory fort called Kenidjack Castle
- Round, courtyard house settlement and field system 140m WNW of Goldherring
- Courtyard house 150m north east of Trye Farm
- Trembath Cross 200m ENE of Buryas Bridge
- Crows-an-wra medieval wayside cross and a turnpike milestone.
- Two barrows on Woon Gumpus Common 700yds (640m) NNW of Boslow Farm
- Promontory fort called Bosigran Castle
- Market cross
- Courtyard house settlement and field system and medieval farmstead 440m south of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
- Chun Downs prehistoric landscape complex, incorporating Chun Cromlech, Chun Castle, and barrow 200yds (180m) SW of Chun Farm
- Portal dolmen known as Mulfra Quoit
- Tin mine calciner at Botallack Mine
- Two standing stones known as the Long Stones, 280m south east of Higher Drift Farm
- Round cairn on Carn Polpry
- Round called Trewern Round
- Churchyard cross in St Just's churchyard, 10m west of the church
- Treen Common stone circle
- Hut circles with associated field system 400yds (360m) SW of Little Higher Bosullow
- Large regular stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' and a round cairn 690m north-west of Killiow Farm
- Kerris Cross
- Iron Age beehive hut 380m SSW of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
- Iron Age defended settlement 460m south east of Caer Bran Farm
- Long stone W of Boswens Common
- Fogou 70m west of Higher Bodinnar
- Hut circle on Carnyorth Common 200yds (180m) W of Carn Kenidjack
- Barrow 250yds (230m) W of Higher Botallack
- A kerbed cairn with cists, 450m north east of Trevedra Farm
- Wayside cross-head in Sancreed churchyard on churchyard wall by west gate
- Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m east of the church
- Barrow 800yds (730m) WNW of Boswens Farm
- Two kerbed cairns 285m north east of Higher Botallack
- Churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, immediately south of the church
- Enclosed hut circle settlement, 500m north-west of Jericho Farm
- Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn
- Entrance grave 290m south west of Brane End Farm
- Standing stone known as the 'Blind Fiddler', 405m south east of Lesbew Farm
- Two ring cairns 110m north east of Chycarne
- Hut circle 280yds (250m) SW of Trevarthen
- Stone setting and holed stone known as the Men-an-Tol, 315m south east of Coronation Farm
- Courtyard house settlement 315m NNE of Botrea Farm
- Round barrow 600yds (550m) NW of Nine Maidens stone circle
- Stone cross base 450yds (405m) NW of Santry Farm
- Tin streamworks 245m south east of Higher Numphra
- Holed stones on Kenidjack Common
- Cross-head in Madron churchyard, south of the church
- A round, courtyard house settlement and two stone hut circles 400m north east of Trye Farm
- Multi-period archaeological landscape 430m north of Tredinney
- Two cist graves 500yds (460m) NE of Tregerthen Cottage
Places to see near Great Zawn
Lakes near Great Zawn
Rivers near Great Zawn
- West Looe River
- Polperro River
- East Looe River
- Seaton
- Upper River Ruthern
- Amble
- Camel (De Lank to Stannon)
- Stannon Stream
- Lower River Camel
- St Lawrence Stream
- Issey Brook (Camel)
- Upper River Amble
- De Lank River
- Lower River Ruthern
- Demelza Stream (Ruthern)
- Polmorla Stream
- Upper River Camel
- Amble tributary (Camel)
- Allen
- Lanivet Stream
- Porth Stream
- Gannel (Upper)
- Menalhyl
- Gannel (Lower)
- Harlyn Water
- Benny Stream
- Porthcothan Stream
- Trebant Water
- Lerryn River
- Cardinham Water
- Warleggan River
- Fowey (Upper)
- Fowey (Warleggan to St Neot)
- Pont Pill
- St Neot River
- Lower River Fowey
- Crackington Stream
- Marsland Water
- Lower River Strat
- Lower River Neet
- Upper River Neet
- Jacob Stream
- Valency
- Upper River Strat
- Coombe Valley Stream
- Newlyn River
- Trevaylor Stream
- Penberth Stream
- Marazion River
- Lamorna Stream
- Roseworthy Stream
- Portreath Stream
- Red River (Upper)
- Bolingey Stream
- Red River (Lower)
- Hayle
- Angarrack Stream
- Holywell Stream
- Kestle Stream
- Upper River Allen (Fal)
- Kenwyn
- Kennal
- Zelah Brook
- Brighton Stream
- Hicks Mill Stream
- Gwindra Stream
- Tresillian River (Lower)
- Upper River Fal
- Calenick Stream
- Trevella Stream
- Tresillian River (Upper)
- Lower River Allen (Fal)
- Lower River Fal
- Upper Carnon River
- Lower River Carnon
- Bokiddick Stream
- Crinnis River
- St Austell River
- Caerhays Stream
- Par River (Upper)
- Par River (Lower)
- Tywardreath Stream
- Carminowe Creek
- Gunwalloe Stream
- Cury River
- Helford River
- Manaccan River
- Poltesco River
- Lestraines River
- Lower River Cober
- Porthleven Stream
- Upper River Cober
- Gweek River
- Upper River Inny
- Penpont Water
- Cotehele Stream
- Lowley Brook
- Lower River Inny
- Lower River Tamar
- Upper River Lynher
- Tiddy
- Withey Brook
- Lower River Lynher
- Tala Water
- Canworthy Water
- Carey
- Tamar (River Ottery to River Deer)
- Tamar (Small Brook to River Deer)
- Upper River Ottery
- Kensey
- Tamar (Small Brook to Lamberal Water)
- Small Brook (Tamar)
- Claw
- Tamar (River Ottery to River Lyd)
- Lower River Ottery
- Upper River Tamar
- Caudworthy Water
- Deer
- Lamberal Water
- Bolesbridge Water
- Derril Water
- Middle River Ottery