Castallack

Castallack is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on a minor road between Sheffied and Lamorna.^[1]

Castallack
Castallack
Castallack Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SW451253
Civil parish	St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENZANCE
Postcode district	TR19
Dialling code	01736
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	St Ives
List of places UK England Cornwall 50.072°N 5.563°W / 50.072; -5.563

Castallack lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

Castallack Roundago (grid reference SW44822540) is a good example of a Romano-British round despite it having been partly destroyed in the 19th century.^[2]

Granite from the Castallack quarries was used mainly for gravestones, activity finished in the mid-1980s.^[3]