Address: Chun Downs | Between Penzance and Trewellard, Fowey, England
Attraction Location
Chun Castle Videos
Ancient Penwith
A series of ancient sites from Penwith, Cornwall - the most westerly part of Britain.
Film includes: - Lanyon Quoit (Neolithic period - 3500-2500BC) - Chun Castle (Iron Age - c.500BC) - Chun Quoit (Neolithic period - 3500-2500BC) - Pendeen Fogou/Cave/Vau (Neolithic to Iron Age) - Men-an-Tol/Crick Stone/Devil's Eye (pre-Iron Age) - Sancreed Church (13th century) - Celtic Crosses (c. 4th to10th Century) - Sancreed Holy Well/Chapel Downs Well (Unknown Age - likely pre-Christian) - Boswarthan Celtic Chapel/Madron Bapistry (present building 12th Century) - Pendeen House/Manor Farm (not in Padstow!) (13th Century) (Dr William Borlase birthplace; John Wesley preached and was imprisoned here; Half-burnt down by Cromwell's men; contains Pendeen Fogou)
---
Ancient Sites of West Cornwall - Part 1
A few of the ancient sites that litter the landscape of West Cornwall. This was a days filming up on the Penwith Moors. The sites covered on this video are: Lanyon Quoit, Men-an-Tol, Chun Castle, Chun Quoit, Bosawen-un and the Merry Maidens.
For more information on any of these sites is a great starting point.