Penrest is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Penrest

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

The area around Penrest's best hiking areas can be found at Tehidy.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are some of Penrest best country parks to visit near Penrest.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are great places to visit near Penrest if you like towns.

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

Villages to visit near Penrest include Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

Penrest's best nearby airports can be found at Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Penrest History

There are some historic monuments around Penrest:

• Bowl barrow 700m east of Tregray Farm
• Medieval wayside cross on Laneast Downs, 270m SSW of High Hall Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort called Hilton Wood Castle
• Tregatheral Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Wayside cross 120m north of Basill
• Ashbury Camp later prehistoric multivallate hillfort
• Iron Age defended settlement 425m west of Trebray
• Three platform cairns 320m south-east of Moorgate
• Three barrows 550m ENE of Cansford
• Prehistoric house platform on south-east Roughtor, 985m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Leskernick north stone circle
• Wayside cross 620m south west of Basil Farm
• Tor cairn on Showery Tor
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery Tor
• Promontory fort N of village
• Cross 410m north east of Tregrylls
• Stone hut circle north of Dinnever Hill, 200m WNW of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Medieval long-house with adjacent enclosure 1.44km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church
• Five bowl barrows south of Newton Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Multi-span bridge called Trerithick Bridge
• Iron Age defended settlement 170m north west of Cargurra
• Prehistoric to post-medieval funerary, ritual and settlement remains on and around Louden Hill
• Part of a bowl barrow called Headon Barrow
• Bowl barrow 420m south east of Higher Parkwalls
• Bowl barrow 120m south west of Horizon View
• Round 800m south east of Pengold Farm
• Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, and religious and funerary remains on the middle and lower slopes west and south of Roughtor
• Bowl barrow 490m SSW of Tregatherall Farm
• Round (or petal) cairn on the summit of Leskernick Hill
• Round 260m south west of Trengayor
• Bowl barrow 110m north of Whitehill Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Medieval wayside cross 320m south west of Higher Trevivian
• Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill
• Barrow 90m E of Trelay Farm
• Stone hut circle 525m SW of West Carne Farm
• Prehistoric round cairn 865m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• A round on Tregearedown Beacon, 295m north east of the Nook
• Prehistoric irregular field system and enclosures with incorporated stone hut circle and incorporated and adjacent cairns 558m north-west of Showery Tor
• Animal pound 90m ENE of Pound Cot
• Deserted medieval building 55m south of Roughtor summit
• Wayside cross in Lesnewth churchyard
• Bowl barrow 410m east of Wainhouse Corner
• Prehistoric ring cairn 810m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Round 310m south of Mill Farm
• Round barrow cemetery 610m north east of Creddacott Farm
• Round called Froxton Wood Castle
• Two stone hut circles 130m south east of Highsteps
• Wayside cross 110m SSW of Youlstone
• Settlement W of Cargelly
• St Clether's Chapel and Holy Well
• Prehistoric standing stone 500m NNE of Spettigue Farm
• Wayside cross 315m north of The Old Rectory, Altarnun
• Three bowl barrows 250m north east of Lowermoor
• Later Prehistoric to Roman round 500m NE of West Carne Farm
• Three bowl barrows, 60m and 250m south and 500m south west of Nettings Park
• Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm
• Two bowl barrows 625m south of Greystone Farm
• Bowl barrow 660m north east of Tresoke
• Two adjoining prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 960m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Three bowl barrows 130m east of Starapark Farm
• Wayside cross 660m north of Basil Farm
• Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
• Vincent Mine Cross
• Round cairn 625m north-west of Showery Tor
• Motte castle 80m north west of the church at Week St Mary
• Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Roughtor holy well, 333m south-west of Showery Tor
• Platform cairn with rim bank and central cairn, and a secondary cairn, on the summit of Carne Down
• Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor
• Three prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 1km NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze
• Two bowl barrows 595m north west of Belah Park Farm
• Round cairn with central cist capstone and inner kerb 935m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Anderton Mill Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m north of the church
• Wayside cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Four prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 938m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• The Louden Stone Circle, 950m ENE of Camperdown Farm
• Prehistoric linear boundary, adjacent irregular aggregate field system and hut circles, incorporated cairns and medieval grave on north-west Roughtor
• Earthwork on Hill Down 500yds (450m) WSW of Tresparrett Posts
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Newpark
• Round cairn 417m north-west of Showery Tor
• Prehistoric stone setting 62m north-west of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Leskernick stone alignment
• Medieval longhouse settlement (known locally as Lamlavery), and an associated field system
• Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill
• Cross 470m north of Lambrenny
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• Large multivallate hillfort called Warbstow Bury and a pillow mound known as the Giant's Grave
• Medieval churchyard cross in Laneast churchyard
• Prehistoric coaxial and regular field systems, incorporated hut circles and adjacent deserted medieval settlement, droveway and long house on Tregune Farm
• Prehistoric and later enclosure containing a stone hut circle 1.2km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Round cairn 312m north-west of Showery Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Medieval wayside cross in Altarnun churchyard
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor
• Two Bronze Age settlements, associated field enclosures, small cairns, a cist and a propped stone on the south and western slopes of Leskernick Hill
• Bowl barrow 200m west of Tresplatt Farm
• Ring cairn and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down
• Wayside cross 290m north west of Basill
• Penhallam medieval moated manor house, 360m south west of Ashbury Camp
• Three bowl barrows 600m south east of Small Hill Barton
• Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor
• Two bowl barrows 660m south west of Whitehill Cottage, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system at Watergate
• Leskernick south stone circle
• Co-axial field system, hut circle settlements, cairnfield and land boundaries on Carne Down
• Two bowl barrows 380m north of Beckaveans, one of which is called 'The Beacon'
• Prehistoric embanked avenue with incorporated funerary cist 210m WNW of Showery Tor
• Round barrow cemetery including Tich Barrow 730m north east of Trehane Pool
• Six cairns on Buttern Hill
• Round cairn 567m north-west of Showery Tor
• Wayside cross in Tresmeer churchyard
• Round barrow cemetery on Wilsey Down
• Medieval wayside cross head 75m east of Newpark
• Prehistoric standing stone 695m north-west of Showery Tor
• Holy well at Laneast
• Bowl barrow 60m west of Crowdy Reservoir dam