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Piran or Pyran (Cornish: Peran; Latin: Piranus [6]), died c. 480, [1] [7] [8] [9] was a 5th-century Cornish abbot and saint, possibly of Irish origin. He is the patron saint of tin-miners, and is also generally regarded as the patron saint of Cornwall, although Michael and Petroc also have some claim to this title.
Perran Round (also known as St Piran's Round) is an amphitheatre in the hamlet of Rose, midway between the villages of Goonhavern and Perranporth, Cornwall, UK. It is described as the best surviving example of a plen-an-gwary , a medieval amphitheatre used for performing the Ordinalia , or Cornish miracle plays, [ 1 ] and Cornish wrestling ...
Building covering the partly excavated St Piran's Oratory in 1952. Penhale Sands and Perran Beach are believed to be the 6th century landing site of Saint Piran from Ireland, regarded the bringer of Christianity to, and the patron saint of Cornwall. [6] On this site, situated in a hollow, St Piran's Oratory was built around this time.
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Rose (Cornish: Ros) [1] is a hamlet in mid-Cornwall, UK.Rose is to the north-west of Goonhavern and east of Perranporth. [2]Between Rose and Lower Rose is St Piran's Round (also known as Perran Round) (grid reference), a circular earthwork which could have originally been an Iron Age circular enclosure.
Perranzabuloe (/ ˌ p ɛ r ə n ˈ z æ b j ə l oʊ /; Cornish Standard Written Form: Peran yn Treth [2]) is a coastal civil parish and a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.. Perranzabuloe parish is bordered to the west by the Atlantic coast and St Agnes parish, to the north by Cubert parish, to the east by St Newlyn East and St Allen parishes and to the south by Kenwyn pa
St Piran's, dedicated to Our Lady of the Portal and St Piran, was built on the site of a medieval chapel by Margaret Steuart Pollard in 1973, for which she received the Benemerenti Medal from the Pope. [71] The Baptist church building occupies the site of the former Lake's pottery, one of the oldest in Cornwall.
Perranporth is centred on a main street, St Piran's Road, part of the B3285 Newquay to St Agnes road. The town centre has various shops, cafés and pubs. The long-distance South West Coast Path runs past the town. There is a long-distance coach service provided by National Express (service 316) which runs between London and Perranporth.