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