Chûn Castle
Chûn Castle is an Iron-age hillfort. Its address puts it 1.6 km east of Pendeen. It counts as a scheduled monument.
Fort near Pendeen
Just outside Pendeen
Chûn Castle is 1.6 km east of Pendeen. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Pendeen has 4 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The best months to visit
Highs of 17–19°C mark June to September in Pendeen.
Chûn Castle
Articles on it exist in 5 languages. Add Tate St Ives, 13 km away, to a visit; it leads 41 places within 15 km.
- Type
- Fort
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 1.6 km east of Pendeen
Its place on the map
On this map, Chûn Castle is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Among the 8, Penzance is the biggest, home to 14,957 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Pendeen
St Just
Madron
Penzance
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Chûn Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendeen | 1.6 km west of it | 726 | 9 |
| St Just | 4.1 km southwest of it | 1,830 | 7 |
| Madron | 4.8 km east of it | 664 | 16 |
| Penzance | 7.2 km southeast of it | 14,957 | 17 |
| Newlyn | 7.8 km southeast of it | 3,362 | 15 |
| Longrock | 8.1 km east of it | 1,983 | 17 |
| St Buryan | 8.3 km south of it | 653 | 8 |
| Mousehole | 9.8 km southeast of it | 545 | 12 |
Other places close by
There are 41 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 historic houses and an art gallery among them.
Art galleryTate St Ives13 km away · 214K visitors a year (2009)2
Museum · National TrustLevant Mine3.6 km away3
Garden · National TrustTrengwainton Gardens5.1 km away4
MuseumPenlee House, Gallery & Museum7.6 km away5
Historic houseYHA Penzance6.4 km away6
Historic houseTrereife House6.4 km away7
MuseumBarbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden13 km away8
Fort · National TrustTrencrom Hill11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Chûn Castle
Where is Chûn Castle?
Chûn Castle is 1.6 km east of Pendeen, Cornwall.
What is Chûn Castle?
Iron-age hillfort.
When is the best time to visit Chûn Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Pendeen, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Chûn Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Chûn Castle?
Within 15 km: Tate St Ives (13 km), Levant Mine (3.6 km), Trengwainton Gardens (5.1 km) and Penlee House, Gallery & Museum (7.6 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Chûn Castle: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate St Ives: flickr user "Steve Parker", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Levant Mine: John Gibson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trengwainton Gardens: N p holmes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Penlee House, Gallery & Museum: Purely Penzance, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- YHA Penzance: Edmund Gooch, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trereife House: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trencrom Hill: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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