Tregeseal East stone circle, Pendeen

Name: Tregeseal East stone circle
Address: Pendeen, United Kingdom

#15 among attractions in Pendeen

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Tregeseal East is a heavily restored prehistoric stone circle around one mile northeast of the town of St Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The nineteen granite stones are also known as The Dancing Stones. It is the one surviving circle of three that once stood aligned along an east–west axis on the hillside to the south of Carn Kenidjack. ()

Coordinates: 50°8'1"N, 5°39'31"W

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Pendeen United Kingdom

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Tregeseal East stone circle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Just in Penwith Parish Church, Plen-an-gwary, Chûn Castle, Carn Kenidjack.

1.1 miSW
Church
St Just in Penwith Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith
28 min walk • St Just in Penwith Parish Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, UK.
1.2 miSW
Amphitheatre
Plen-an-gwary, St. Just in Penwith
30 min walk • A plen-an-gwarry or plain-an-gwary, is a "playing-place" or round, a medieval amphitheatre found in Cornwall. A circular outdoor space used for plays, sports, and public events, the plen-an-gwary was a Cornish variant of a construction style found across Great Britain.
1.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Chûn Castle, Pendeen
39 min walk • 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 possibly re-occupied to protect the nearby tin mines.
0.4 miN
Archaeological site
Carn Kenidjack, Pendeen
10 min walk • Carn Kenidjack is a hill in Tregeseal, Cornwall, England, UK. It is covered in megaliths including Tregeseal East stone circle.
1.4 miNE
Memorial
Chûn Quoit, Pendeen
36 min walk • Chûn Quoit is one of the best preserved of all Neolithic quoits in western Cornwall, United Kingdom. Chûn Quoit is located in open moorland near Pendeen and Morvah. Standing on a ridge, near the much later constructed Chûn Castle hill fort, it overlooks heather moorland and the open sea.
1.1 miSW
Church
Sancreed Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith
28 min walk • Sancreed Parish Church is the parish church of Sancreed, Cornwall, England, UK. It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of Truro. Sancreed Parish church lies at the heart of the village and is dedicated to St Sancredus.
0.9 miNE
Memorial
Boswens Menhir, Pendeen
24 min walk • Boswens Menhir, also known as Boswens standing stone, or the Long Stone, is a standing stone 3 kilometres northeast of St Just in Penwith, in Cornwall, England.