Boscawen-Un, St Buryan

Name: Boscawen-Un
Address: St Buryan, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in St Buryan

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Boscawen-Ûn is a Bronze Age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK. It consists of nineteen upright stones in an ellipse with another, leaning, middle stone just south of the centre. There is a west-facing gap in the circle, which may have formed an entrance. The elliptical circle has diameters 24.9 and 21.9 metres. It is located at grid reference SW412274. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°5'23"N, 5°37'10"W

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St Buryan United Kingdom

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Boscawen-Un – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Carn Euny, St Buryan's Church, Brane Barrow, Bartinney Castle.

1.1 miNW
Prehistoric site, Historical place
Carn Euny, Madron and Sancreed
28 min walk • Carn Euny is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom with considerable evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement. Excavations on this site have shown that there was activity at Carn Euny as early as the Neolithic period.
1 miS
Church, Gothic architecture
St Buryan's Church, St Buryan
27 min walk • The Church of St Buryan is a late-15th-century Church of England parish church in St Buryan in Cornwall, England.
0.8 miNW
Prehistoric site
Brane Barrow, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
22 min walk • Brane Barrow, or Chapel Euny Barrow, is a Neolithic entrance grave located near the hamlet of Brane, Cornwall, England, UK. It is considered to be one of the smallest and best preserved burial monuments in Britain.
1.6 miNW
Prehistoric site
Bartinney Castle, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
43 min walk • Bartinney Castle is an Iron Age enclosure located in the Penwith Peninsula of Southwest Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, it is surrounded by a circular earthwork standing on a hill surrounded by various archaeological prehistoric remains, including ancient settlements, field systems, tumuli and cairns.
1.1 miN
Prehistoric site
Caer Bran, Penzance
28 min walk • Caer Bran Hill Fort is an archaeological site near Sancreed and Carn Euny Iron Age village, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall.

Boscawen-Un, St Buryan

Facts and practical information

St Buryan plan & book

Boscawen-Un – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Carn Euny, Madron and Sancreed

St Buryan's Church, St Buryan

Brane Barrow, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Bartinney Castle, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Caer Bran, Penzance