Mevagissey is a Town in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Mevagissey

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

Don't miss Tehidy's hiking areas if visiting the area around Mevagissey.

The area around Mevagissey features a number of interesting country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Mevagissey's best nearby towns can be found at Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

The area close to Mevagissey boasts some of the best hills including Kit Hill Country Park.

There are a several good villages in the Mevagissey area like Cremyll, and Botallack.

Places near Mevagissey feature a number of interesting historic buildings 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 Mevagissey.

Mevagissey History

There are some historic monuments around Mevagissey:

• Defensive enclosure at Castle Hill
• Standing stone called the 'Long Stone' in the grounds of Penrice School
• The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Round 310m east of Carloggas Moor Farm
• Later prehistoric cliff castle, two prehistoric round barrows, medieval field system, and associated remains on Dodman Point
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort and round cairn at St Stephen's Beacon
• Tregargus stone grinding mill No 2
• Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round
• Fair Cross, 420m WNW of Tregidgeo Farm
• Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn
• Promontory fort at Black Head
• Chapel Well, Towan
• Bowl barrow 875m SSE of Bodrugan Barton
• Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux
• Wayside cross 35m south of Heligan House
• Wayside cross in Holy Trinity Church churchyard
• Standing stone 135m north west of Menear Farm
• Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard
• Part of a mining complex at South Polgooth Mine
• Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Round called Castle Gotha
• Medieval cross base at St Ewe
• Wayside cross at Beacon Cross, 265m east of Lanuah
• Menacuddle Well
• Medieval wayside cross base 550m WNW of Lanhadron Farm