Castallack Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Castallack - geograph.org.uk - 175480.jpg
Static Image Caption:Castallack
Coordinates:50.072°N -5.563°W
Official Name:Castallack
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:St Ives
Post Town:PENZANCE
Postcode District:TR19
Postcode Area:TR
Dial Code:01736
Os Grid Reference:SW451253

Castallack is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on a minor road between Sheffied and Lamorna.[1]

Castallack lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

Castallack Roundago is a good example of a Romano-British round despite it having been partly destroyed in the 19th century.[2]

Granite from the Castallack quarries was used mainly for gravestones, activity finished in the mid-1980s.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly. 978-0-319-23289-7. 2009. Ordnance Survey.
  2. Anon. Castallack Roundago. Kirkham. Graham. Herring. Peter. Cornish Archaeology . 2006. 41–42. 2002–3. 186. Cornwall Archaeological Society. 0070-024X.
  3. Bristow . Colin . The Geology Of The Building And Decorative Stones Of Cornwall. Supplementary Publications. Granite and Elvans. . Geological Society, London, Special Publications . 30 August 2019 . 10.1144/SP391.6 . 2014. 130306985 .