Pendarvas circular, around Knave-Go-By, Treslothan, and The Giants Quoit

Starting at the Old Shire Inn car park, please ask before setting off, and enjoy some refreshments afterwards.

(S/E) Head out of the car park, handrail the main road B3303, north for 300m to the Estate lodge gate, turn right through the gateway and up the drive, which will turn to a track, through the woods.
There will be several woodland trails; stick with the app.

(1) Turn left (north). The trail will start to climb and join an old estate track, which will meet up with a country lane. Step over the wall onto the road, turn left, head north, then turn right. The trail leads northeast. Continue up through the woods, the path will lead up to houses. Continue northeast past dwellings to the hamlet of Knave-go-by (A).

(2) Turn right and follow the lane up to Tolcarne Road.

(3) Turn right and continue along the lane, which will turn into a track, heading south. The route will lead through trees and fields, with stiles and gates.

(4) At the lane, turn left, southeast towards Stennack. Turn right, following the lane to the gate leading to Giant's Quoit burial chamber (B), see the memorial bench in the southern corner of the field.

(5) Exit the field again, turn left following the lane back the way you came for about 200m. Turn left into the woods, leading to the church and war memorial.

(6) By the church is a path leading into the woods and a track. Follow the track down through the woods, which in turn retraces the route back to (1) and then onto the start point. (S/E)

Before the walk

1. Ensure the walk matches your needs, skills
2. Check the weather forecast
3. Be prepared with suitable clothing and footwear
4. Personal medication
5. Consider something to eat, and always keep hydrated; take a drink.
6. Use the Visorando app, download the walk to your mobile. Consider a battery backup and or a printed route.
7. Let someone know where you are. The app has a share route function, ‘Share my Location’.

• Parking: Vehicle parking - With permission of the Shire Inn
• Timing: The estimated time allows for extra time, when appropriate, for exploration and personal pace.
• The Route: This route has been assigned "Easy" due to a reasonable footpath and the distance.
• Accessibility: There are some stiles, gates and hedges to negotiate. There have been times when a blown-down tree blocks a path, with a need to scramble or over the trunk blocking the path.
• Handrail: Is a linear feature that has been identified as a road, wall, etc
• Facilities: Support the local Inn.

Start: This walk's starting point, W3W >>>

During the walk

• The Route: Where applicable, keep to the defined paths
• Follow the Highway and Country Codes: The Countryside: Respect its inhabitants, and other Countryside users
• Leave no trace: leave only footprints, but take away great memories
• Dogs: Keep under control, and bag it and bin it, don't sling it.
• Self-care: Know your own limitations; walking is an adventure and can involve risks. Be responsible and know when to turn back, rather than get into difficulties
• First Aid: Treat blisters before they occur,
  

Enjoyed the walk:

1. Where you can: Support the local economy: have a pint, a pasty, or a cuppa.
2. Feedback from this walk: Please leave your thoughts
   

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Along the route

• Pendarvas Estate, now an Equestrian Centre. The woodland trails hides many of its mining past with ruins, and prospecting mounds. There is also a large adit, and some capped mine shafts. It is best to keep the woodland trail.
• (A) Knave-Go-By - an unusual place name. The name, though open to speculation, is said to have been named after the founder of the Methodist Church, John Wesley, while walking through the village, a villager was claimed to have said, ' Let the knave go by'. However, the hamlet was recorded as 'Never Go By' before Wesley >>>
• (B) Giant's Quiot -The Carwynnen Quoit, a large Dolmen (a megolithic tomb, with a large flat stone laid on top of upright ones >>>
• Treslothan -Church, and War Memorial

Nearby

The Old Shire Inn is a welcoming local Inn and eatery. To check if it is ok to use the car park >>>