page_title: Porthcurno
section_title: Porthkornow, Porthcornow
hierarchical_section_title: Porthcurno / History / Porthkornow, Porthcornow
caption_attribution_description: Parish church of St Levan, near Porthcurno, Cornwall
context_page_description: Porthcurno is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish, both named St Levan, which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself, Trethewey and Treen.
  It is centred 6.6 miles west of the railway, market and resort town of Penzance and 2.5 miles from Land's End, the most westerly point of the English mainland. Road access is via the north end of the valley along a long cul-de-sac with short branches off the B3283 and land traditionally associated with the village, including its beach, is on the South West Coast Path.
context_section_description: The name Porthcurno evolved from the 16th century Cornish spelling 'Porth Cornowe'.  In the Cornish language 'porth kornow / porth cornow' (standard written form uses "c") meant 'cove/landing place of horns or pinnacles', a reference to the granite rock formations in the vicinity. Some evidence of early commercial port activity exists in the remains of man-made stone tracks for horse-drawn vehicles which may have provided access to the beach, visible on one of the footpaths near the south side of the car park ascending the east side of the valley.
caption: St Levan's Church, St Levan
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