Chûn Castle
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Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The fort was built about 2,500 years ago, and fell into disuse until the early centuries AD when it was pos
Entrance to Chûn Castle
Pendeen
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Pendeen is a village and ecclesiastical parish on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England. It is 3 miles north-northeast of St Just and 7 mi west of Penzance. It lies along the B3306 road which con
Chûn Castle
…may also date to the later Roman period. The fort may have been built to protect tin and copper gathered in the tin-rich locality of what is now Pendeen, with its Geevor Tin Mine, and surrounding villages. Iron and tin slags were found within the fort, near the well. The fort overlooks many miles of the…
Boat on the slipway at Pendeen Cove
St John's Church, Pendeen
Storm on the coast near the Enys
Pendeen Watch lighthouse