Zoar (Cornish: Zoara) is a hamlet on the Lizard Peninsula in south Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the coastal village of Coverack. The name of the hamlet comes from the Zoara in the Bible.
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The Three Brothers of Grugith is a prehistoric site, a dolmen of the Neolithic Age, near St Keverne in Cornwall, England. It is a scheduled monument.
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Trelan is a hamlet in the parish of St Keverne in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the eastern borders of Goonhilly Downs.
Trelan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The manor of Trelan was recorded in the Domesday Book when it was held by Thurstan from Robert, Count of Mortain. There was 1 hide of land and land for 5 ploughs. There were 3 ploughs, 4 serfs, 2 villeins, 6 smallholders, 6 square leagues of pasture, 2 cattle and 40 sheep. The value of the manor was £1-5s. though it had formerly been worth £1-19s. There was also a land holding of 4 acres in Trelan which was held by Doda from the Count; there were 15 sheep and 1 cow.
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Traboe is a hamlet on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Traboe is about 5 km west of St Keverne; nearby is Traboe Cross, a junction on the B3293 road. It is approximately a mile down the road from Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station. It contains eleven houses and a building which used to house Rosuick Farm Shop, this being the purpose for which it was built. The list of houses includes a converted inn and a converted school house.
There is a well situated at the back of the green. A tree was planted on the green by residents of the hamlet to commemorate the millennium.
Traboe lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The name Traboe is a contraction of the Cornish language Treworabo, which contains the elements tre, meaning 'farm' or 'settlement', and Gworabo, a personal name.
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Gwenter is a hamlet in the parish of St Keverne, Cornwall, England.
Gwenter lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
The name Gwenter comes from the Cornish language words gwyns, meaning 'wind', and tir, meaning 'land'.
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Kennack to Coverack is a coastal Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England, UK, noted for both its biological and geological interest. It is of botanical importance, with 8 Red Data Book of rare and endangered plant species being found on the site as well as other nationally scarce varieties.
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