Part of the reason for staying in Treen, opposite Gurnard's Head, was the fact that I love West Penwith, it's characteristic landscape and it's Neolithic heritage. With glorious weather there hasn't been much time to read up as much as I would like - so in the meantime - photographs will have to do! Also there is so much information out there, that I couldn't precise it into anything meaningful, so if you are interested, google search is the answer!
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| The characteristic stone walls - more information about the history of the farmsteads and land management is given here in Historic England's Farmstead and Landscape statement for West Penwith National Character Area 156. |
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| A narrow stone-bounded lane. |
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| Men an Tol is believed to aid fertility with one local legend claiming that if a woman passes through the hold stone 7 times and backwards that she'll become pregnat while its other name 'Crick Stone' suggests it might cure rickets. Click here for the article. |
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| The well preserved Wheal House - labelled as Ding Dong mine on the OS map - but not known as this by all locals. |
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| The 'Nine Maidens' or Boskedan stone circle..although there are infact 11 stones two of which are fallen and apparently the name of maidens is an Anglicisation of the Cornish word for stone - (local source). |
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| A solitary stone in an ancient lansdscape. |
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| My dream home ...no chance of buying this ... |
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| Whilst walking we heard our first Cuckoo Grasshopper Warbler and Whitethroat of the year, as well as this Speckled Yellow. |
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