IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Penhalls Way, TRURO, TR3 6EX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Penhalls Way, TR3 6EX by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (18 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
George vi post box at Playing Place
Detail
Image: © Fred James
Taken: 13 Mar 2009
0.08 miles
2
George vi post box at Playing Place
General view
Image: © Fred James
Taken: 13 Mar 2009
0.08 miles
3
1970s concrete skatepark at Playing Place near Truro
Image: © Wendy Rogers
Taken: 26 May 2016
0.13 miles
4
Elizabeth ii Pillar Box at Playing Place
Situated outside of the Post Office but don’t hang about when posting letters
Image: © Fred James
Taken: 5 Aug 2009
0.16 miles
5
Post Office & Spar Shop at Playing Place
Playing Place is nowadays mainly a village of modern development, serving as a dormitory for Truro.
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 29 Mar 2009
0.17 miles
6
Plaque at Playing Place
THE ROUNDS
IN THE FIELD BESIDE THIS FOOTPATH ARE THE REMAINS OF TWO ROUND ENCLOSURES
ONE IS AN IRONAGE SETTLEMENT AND THE OTHER IS THE PLAIN-AN-GWARRY OR PLAYING PLACE AFTER WHICH THIS VILLAGE IS NAMED
PLAYS CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF ST KEA WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFORMED HERE IN MEDIEVAL TIMES
Image: © Fred James
Taken: 25 Nov 2008
0.17 miles
7
Playing Place
Looking down Old Coach Road at the junction with Holywell Road. Playing Place is a dormitory suburb of Truro composed mainly of 20th century detached houses and bungalows. The name "Playing Place" denotes a place where people used to meet for performances of Mystery Plays and the like.
Image: © Tony Atkin
Taken: 8 Apr 2006
0.17 miles
8
Field at Playing Place
This field has been identified as the site of the plain-an-gwarry that gave the village of Playing Place its name. Playing place being the English translation from the Cornish/Kernewek plain-an-gwarry.
A plain-an-gwarry was a large circular amphitheatre surrounded by stone faced earth banks or dry stone walls about 2 metres high. They were used for many purposes similar to a community centre of today. The use that they mostly associated with is the performance of miracle plays that were popular in mediaeval times. It has been suggested that the recently discovered sixteenth century Cornish language manuscript Beunans Ke (The Life of St Kea) was written to be performed here.
There are two plain-an-gwarries in Cornwall that have survived almost complete. One here Image and one here Image
Image: © Fred James
Taken: 25 Nov 2008
0.18 miles
9
Alms Houses at Playing Place
The plaque on the wall reads Mr Lanyons Alms Houses 1726
Image: © Fred James
Taken: 13 Mar 2009
0.19 miles
10
Footpath at Playing Place
See Image for plaque information
Image: © Fred James
Taken: 25 Nov 2008
0.19 miles