Plen-an-gwary, St. Just in Penwith

Name: Plen-an-gwary
Address: St. Just in Penwith, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in St. Just in Penwith

Top attraction, Amphitheatre

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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. Formerly common across Cornwall, only two survive nearly complete today: the Plain in St Just in Penwith and Saint Piran's Round near Perranporth. ()

Coordinates: 50°7'28"N, 5°40'51"W

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St. Just in Penwith United Kingdom

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Plen-an-gwary – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cot Valley, Botallack Mine, Ballowall Barrow, St Just in Penwith Parish Church.

1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Cot Valley, St. Just in Penwith
27 min walk • Cot Valley is located half-a-mile south of St Just in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a very mild microclimate. The stream which runs down the valley discharges into the Atlantic Ocean at Nanven.
1.2 miN
Archaeological site
Botallack Mine, St. Just in Penwith
30 min walk • The Botallack Mine is a former mine in Botallack in the west of Cornwall, England, UK. Since 2006 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site – Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape.
0.9 miW
Prehistoric site
Ballowall Barrow, St. Just in Penwith
24 min walk • Ballowall Barrow is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near St Just in Cornwall, England, UK. It is also known as Carn Gluze Barrow.
~440 ftE
Church
St Just in Penwith Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith
3 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.
1.5 miNE
Archaeological site
Carn Kenidjack, Pendeen
38 min walk • Carn Kenidjack is a hill in Tregeseal, Cornwall, England, UK. It is covered in megaliths including Tregeseal East stone circle.
1 miSW
Beach
Porth Nanven, St. Just in Penwith
27 min walk • Porth Nanven is a beach in the far west of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located half-a-mile west of the town of St Just. The beach is at the seaward end of the Cot Valley and is part of the Aire Point To Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest.
1.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Kenidjack Valley, St. Just in Penwith
27 min walk • Kenidjack Valley, sometimes referred to as Nancherrow Valley, is a steep-sided valley in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Tregeseal River flows down the valley and discharges into the Atlantic a few hundred yards north of Cape Cornwall 50.130°N 5.703°W, half-a-mile north-east of the village of St Just.
1.1 miW
Harbor
Priest Cove, St. Just in Penwith
29 min walk • Priest Cove or Priest's Cove is a small cove one mile west of St Just, Cornwall, UK. The name is from the Cornish Porth Ust, the port or cove of St Just, which was shortened to Por’ Ust.
~440 ftE
Church
Sancreed Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith
3 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Plen-an-gwary?

Nearby attractions include St Just in Penwith Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith (3 min walk), Sancreed Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith (3 min walk), Ballowall Barrow, St. Just in Penwith (24 min walk).