Mawgan

The village is more properly called Mawgan-in-Meneage, as this part of the county, lying just north of The Lizard, is called Meneage, meaning ‘monklands’. Trelowarren House, in the village, is an impressive part-Tudor country mansion that has been the home of the Vyvyan family since 1427 and is still their home today. The mainly 16th century house, where the highlights are the exquisite plasterwork and medieval stained glass of the Rococo Chapel, is not open to the public but the grounds are open from February until the end of September. The house sits in 1,000 acres of woodland and there are several earthworks on the estate that date to the Iron Age. There is also a local craft centre and shop. One lovely waymarked walk through the estate leads to the Halliggye Fogou – ‘Fogou’ is a Cornish word meaning cave – a series of strange Neolithic underground chambers the use of which is unknown. Today they are home to bats and spiders and are well worth a visit due to the sheer mystery.

St Mawgan Parish Church is 15th century, but was sympathetically restored in Victorian times.

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