Markwell is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Markwell

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

Tehidy is a great place to visit close to Markwell if you like hiking areas.

There are a several good country parks in the Markwell area like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

There are a number of towns near Markwell including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Kit Hill Country Park is a great place to visit close to Markwell if you like hills.

Cremyll, and Botallack are some of Markwell best villages to visit near Markwell.

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is a great place to visit close to Markwell if you like historic buildings.

There are a several good airports in the Markwell area like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Markwell History

There are some historic monuments around Markwell:

• Round with annexe 530m north east of Lower Padreda
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 10m ESE of the church
• Iron Age defended settlement at Padderbury Top
• Medieval wayside cross at Crafthole
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 0.3m south of the church
• Whitesand Bay (or Tregonhawke) battery
• Bohetherick lime kiln with adjacent quay and ancillary buildings, 140m south east of Cotehele Bridge
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Inswork Chapel
• Slight univallate hillfort called Cadson Bury
• Westcott Cross, 480m south east of Westcott Lodge
• Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber
• Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury
• Round at Berry Farm
• Dupath holy well, 45m NNE of Dupath Farm
• Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3
• Cawsand Fort
• Tregantle Fort
• Round on Berry Down
• Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head
• Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block
• Cross at Triffle Farm
• Scraesdon Fort
• Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery
• Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights
• Two round barrows on Viverdon Down
• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton
• Stump Cross, 600m west of Sheviock Barton
• Civil War fieldworks at Inswork Point
• D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier
• Medieval churchyard cross in Quethiock churchyard
• Dovecot 520m north-east of Whitsand Bay Hotel
• Henge 315m north west of Westcott
• Wayside cross 50m north east of Carracawn Cross
• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor