Mayon is a village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Mayon

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

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

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

Don't miss Callington, Polperro, and St Ives's towns if visiting the area around Mayon.

Hills to visit near Mayon include Kit Hill Country Park.

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

Places near Mayon feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Airports to visit near Mayon include Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Mayon History

There are some historic monuments around Mayon:

• Round called Trewern Round
• Medieval chapel and hermitage called St Levan's Chapel
• Standing stone 150m north west of Trewern Round
• Kerbed cairn and round cairn 210m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Standing stone 60m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• A kerbed cairn with cists, 450m north east of Trevedra Farm
• Wayside cross-head in Sancreed churchyard on churchyard wall by west gate
• Churchyard cross in St Buryan churchyard
• Round barrow 1000yds (910m) ESE of Rosemergy SW of Carn Galver
• Round cairn and medieval settlement 150m south of Solomons Isle
• Enclosure containing eight round cairns known as Bartine Castle, 460m south east of Higher Bartinney
• Wayside cross in St Levan churchyard, 10m north east of the church
• Hut circles with associated field system 400yds (360m) SW of Little Higher Bosullow
• Higher Levant Mine
• Carnyorth Circles, Carnyorth Farm
• Courtyard house settlement 315m NNE of Botrea Farm
• Fogou 70m north of Pendeen Manor Farm
• Promontory fort at Carn Les Boel
• Chapel and holy well on Chapel Downs
• Entrance grave 140m east of Kerrow
• Choone Cross, 220m WNW of Choone Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement, 330m south east of Caer Bran Farm
• Field system on Dry Carn
• Churchyard cross in St Levan churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Courtyard house settlement 335m south of Nanjulian Farm
• Wayside cross-head in St Sennen's churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Round barrow 200yds (180m) NNW of Long Stone
• Boslow Cross 550yds (500m) NW of Boslow Farm
• Stone hut circle settlements, courtyard house settlement, enclosures and part of a field system at Boswarva Carn
• Wayside cross known as Vellansagia Cross
• Stone hut circle 40m west of Carnyorth Farm
• Wayside cross in St Just Vicarage garden
• Churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, immediately south of the church
• Barrow 100yds (90m) SE of Halgolluir Farm
• Fogou 70m west of Higher Bodinnar
• Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit
• Boskenna Gate Cross
• Wayside cross immediately north east of St John the Baptist's Church
• Stone cross base 450yds (405m) NW of Santry Farm
• Three bowl barrows 380m south east of Bryndowr
• Round barrow 600yds (550m) NW of Nine Maidens stone circle
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Chygwidden Vean, 250m east of Land Vue
• Part of a prehistoric field system at Tor Noon
• Stone hut circle 390m south east of Little Brea Farm
• Part of a prehistoric field system and medieval strip fields 250m south west of Higher Bartinney
• Stone setting and holed stone known as the Men-an-Tol, 315m south east of Coronation Farm
• Entrance grave 290m south west of Brane End Farm
• Medieval chapel called St Helen's Chapel with a dwelling and enclosure at Cape Cornwall
• Kerbed cairn 225m south of Heather Farm
• Two barrows on Woon Gumpus Common 700yds (640m) NNW of Boslow Farm
• Enclosed hut circle settlement, 500m north-west of Jericho Farm
• Two round barrows 300yds (270m) E of Little Higher Bosullow
• Boskenna Cross
• Wayside cross 170m north of Trevilley
• Courtyard house settlement known as Bosullow Trehyllys, 515m north east of Chun Castle
• Two ring cairns 110m north east of Chycarne
• Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 20m south east of the church
• Round, courtyard house settlement and field system 140m WNW of Goldherring
• Round cairn on Carn Polpry
• Deserted medieval settlement with 16th and 18th century structures 85m west of West Lanyon Quoit
• Croftoe British village
• Large regular stone circle called Boscawen-Un with two outlying standing stones west of Boscawen Noon Farm
• Enclosure 220yds (200m) NE of Trevean
• Trevorgans Cross 375m east of Crows-an-wra
• Group of round barrows on Truthwall Common
• Two kerbed cairns 285m north east of Higher Botallack
• Field system on Truthwall Common
• Geevor Mine
• Kerbed cairn 365m north west of Tredinney
• Three round barrows 650yds (595m) N of Nine Maidens stone circle
• Churchyard cross in St Just's churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Medieval playing place known as Plain an Gwary, St Just
• Standing stone 200yds (180m) W of Chycarne
• Iron Age defended settlement 460m south east of Caer Bran Farm
• Standing stone known as the 'Blind Fiddler', 405m south east of Lesbew Farm
• Multi-period archaeological landscape 430m north of Tredinney
• Two barrows and circular enclosure on Pordenack Point
• Iron Age to Roman settlement with incorporated fogou and adjacent post-medieval cottage at Carn Euny
• Ring cairn 305m NNW of Joppa Farm
• Two kerbed cairns 240m WSW of Boscregan
• Standing stone 410m south east of Boskenna Cross
• An entrance grave re-used as a kerbed cairn with cist known as 'Chapel Carn Brea'
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) W of Nine Maidens
• Hut circle on Carnyorth Common 200yds (180m) W of Carn Kenidjack
• The Men Scryfa, an early Christian memorial stone
• Bosiliack prehistoric settlement, field systems, entrance grave, cairns and later tinworks
• Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Crows-an-wra medieval wayside cross and a turnpike milestone.
• Leswidden Stone, 370m south west of Leswidden
• Botrea barrows
• Kerbed cairn 100m NNW of Chapel Carn Brea
• Tin streamworks 245m south east of Higher Numphra
• St Buryan churchtown cross
• Wayside cross in St Sennen's churchyard, 6m north of the church
• Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm
• Wayside cross 260m south east of Mayon Farm
• Porthgwarra Ullies
• Cliff castle known as Maen Castle
• Large regular stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' and a round cairn 690m north-west of Killiow Farm
• An early Christian memorial stone at Boskenna
• Promontory fort known as Treryn Dinas
• Chapel 140m south west of Bosence
• Tin mine calciner at Botallack Mine
• Round 340m south east of Trevean
• Holy well 30m north west of St Levan's Chapel
• Standing stone 75m south of Tremayne
• Cross slab at parish church
• Trevescan Cross 340m SSW of Sennen Church
• Two stone hut circle settlements and part of an associated field system 370m south west of Boswens
• Round barrow 550yds (500m) N of Chycarne
• Chun Downs prehistoric landscape complex, incorporating Chun Cromlech, Chun Castle, and barrow 200yds (180m) SW of Chun Farm
• Two large regular stone circles 290m north east of Hailglower Farm
• Two hut circles 380yds (350m) NE of Trevean
• Long stone W of Boswens Common
• Hut circle 280yds (250m) SW of Trevarthen
• Barrow 800yds (730m) WNW of Boswens Farm
• Round cairn 160m north east of Bosistow Island
• Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
• Medieval wayside cross 150m ESE of Lower Alsia
• Megalithic tomb 220yds (200m) SW of Trevarthen
• Promontory fort called Kenidjack Castle
• Barrow 250yds (230m) W of Higher Botallack
• Iron Age defended settlement immediately south east of Boskennal Farm
• Part of a field system and cairn field 375m west of Bojuthnoe Farm
• Medieval wayside cross 35m SSW of Pendrea Cottage, south west of St Buryan
• Wayside cross at Nanquidno Farm
• The Ballowall Barrow incorporating entrance grave, cairn, ritual pits and cists 420m WSW of Bollowal Farm
• Holed stones on Kenidjack Common
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Pendrea
• Wayside cross 310m WNW of Little Boswarthen
• Standing stone 230m west of the Old Manor
• Cross 150m south west of Rospletha
• Round cairn 230m SSW of Higher Tregiffian
• Fogou at Lower Boscaswell
• Early Christian memorial stone and churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m south of the church