Mawgan Porth Dark Age Village, Newquay

#11 among attractions in Newquay

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Mawgan Porth Dark Age Village is a small ancient settlement consisting of 3 courtyard house complexes and a cemetery on the North coast of Cornwall dating from the 10th century. It was excavated in 1950-54 by Rupert Bruce-Mitford. The site was first discovered after the apparent after the discovery of the skeleton in 1934. The landowner. Mr P A Wailes, had wanted to build on the land and soundings to test the subsoil revealed the skeleton, stone walls, pottery and bone fragments. ()

Coordinates: 50°26'5"N, 5°0'47"W

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Newquay United Kingdom

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Mawgan Porth Dark Age Village – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Camel Creek Adventure Park, Newquay Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, Newquay Zoo, Towan Beach.

5.2 miNE
Theme park, Amusement park
Camel Creek Adventure Park, Wadebridge
133 min walk • Camel Creek Adventure Park is an adventure park located in Wadebridge in Cornwall, England.
3.4 miSW
Church
Newquay Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, Newquay
87 min walk • The Newquay Parish church of St Michael the Archangel, is located in Newquay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, and is dedicated to the St. Michael the Archangel. Since 1951 the church has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.
2.9 miSW
Outdoor activities, Park, Zoo
Newquay Zoo, Newquay
74 min walk • Newquay Zoo is a zoological garden located within Trenance Leisure Park in Newquay, England. The zoo was opened in Cornwall on Whit Monday, 26 May 1969 by the local council. It was privately owned by Mike Thomas and Roger Martin from 1993 until 2003.
3.4 miW
50°24'59"N • 5°5'6"W
Towan Beach, Newquay
87 min walk • Beach, Park, Outdoor activities
3.5 miS
Historical place, Architecture, Garden
Trerice, Newquay
90 min walk • Trerice is an historic manor in the parish of Newlyn East, near Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The surviving Tudor manor house known as Trerice House is located at Kestle Mill, three miles east of Newquay.
4 miE
Amusement, Game and entertainment center, Nature and wildlife
Springfields Fun Park, St Columb Major
103 min walk • Springfields Fun Park is a small theme park in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated just over one mile south of St Columb Major and advertises itself as Springfields Fun Park and Pony Centre.
4.1 miW
Beach
Fistral Beach, Newquay
105 min walk • Fistral Beach is in Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated half-a-mile west of Newquay at grid reference SW 797 620.
3.4 miSW
50°24'53"N • 5°5'2"W
Blue Reef Aquarium, Newquay
87 min walk • Aquarium, Outdoor activities, Park
1.3 miNW
Beach
Watergate Bay, Newquay
35 min walk • Watergate Beach is a two-mile-long stretch of sandy beach on the Atlantic coast of north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in Watergate Bay two miles north of Newquay on the B3276 road to Padstow near the village of Tregurrian.
1.6 miSW
Sacred and religious sites, Cemetery, Architecture
St Columba's Church, Newquay
41 min walk • St Columb Minor Church is a late 15th-century Church of England parish church Diocese of Truro in St Columb Minor, Cornwall, United...
3.1 miE
Campsite
Trewan Hall Campsite, St Columb Major
79 min walk • Trewan Hall is a historic manor house in the parish of St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UK. The surviving Jacobean style manor house is located one mile north of the town.