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Penlee lifeboat disaster

The Penlee lifeboat disaster occurred on 19 December 1981 off the coast of Cornwall, in England, UK. The Penlee Lifeboat went to the aid of the coaster Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas. After the lifeboat had managed to rescue four people both vessels were lost with all hands; in all, sixteen people died including eight volunteer lifeboatmen.

Located at 50.0523, -5.5774 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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History of Cornwall, Shipwrecks in the English Channel, Maritime incidents in 1981, Cornish shipwrecks, 1981 in the United Kingdom, Maritime incidents in the United Kingdom, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, European windstorms, Disasters in Cornwall

Drift, Cornwall

Drift is a village on the A30 road in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is in the civil parish of Sancreed and is approximately two miles (3 km) west of Penzance and six miles (9 km) from Land's End. Nearby is a pair of standing megaliths called the 'The Sisters' or 'Higher Drift Menhirs'. Drift Reservoir is immediately north of the village.

Located at 50.1012, -5.58265 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villages in Cornwall, Penwith

The Merry Maidens

The Merry Maidens, also known as Dawn's Men (a likely corruption of the Cornish Dans Maen "Stone Dance") is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles (3 km) to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Located at 50.065, -5.58973 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Cornwall, Cornish culture, Stone circles in England, Penwith, Prehistoric sites in Cornwall, Stone Age sites in Cornwall

Tregurnow

Tregurnow is a settlement in St Buryan civil parish on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. At Tregurnow farm is an interesting Celtic cross from the medieval period similar to ones found on the Isle of Man. Tregurnow also gives its name to the site of a stone circle that previously stood in the area at grid reference SW 43818 24523 and the cliffs above Lamorna Cove also bear the same name.

Located at 50.0622, -5.57449 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Villages in Cornwall, Penwith

Kerris

Kerris is a settlement in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:50.0894|-5.5757|region:GB-CON_type:city|||||| | |name= }}. It is three miles (5 km) southwest of Penzance in the civil parish of Paul. Kerris means "fort-place" in the Cornish language. Kerris has been a settlement for about two thousand years. Its oldest building, a former manor house, dates back to medieval times and there are two working farms in the settlement.

Located at 50.0894, -5.5757 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Villages in Cornwall

Sheffield, Cornwall

Sheffield is a small settlement (National Grid reference SW458268) in Cornwall, UK, situated near the village of Paul, Cornwall.

Located at 50.0868, -5.555 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villages in Cornwall

Pridden

Pridden is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located approximately one mile east of St Buryan village on the B3283 road. There is an area of woodland and a farm of the same name.

Located at 50.082, -5.614 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Penwith, Villages in Cornwall

Tregiffian Burial Chamber

The Tregiffian Burial Chamber is a Neolithic or early Bronze age chambered tomb. An entrance passage, lined with stone slabs, leads into a central chamber. It is near Lamorna in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a rare form of a passage grave, known as an Entrance grave. This type of site is also typical in the neighbouring Isles of Scilly.

Located at 50.062, -5.588 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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History of Cornwall, Bronze Age sites in Cornwall, English Heritage sites in Cornwall, Buildings and structures in Cornwall