Altarnun

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Altarnun (Cornish: Alternonn), (pronounced /ɔːltəˈnʌn/) is a village and civil parish in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is on the north-eastern edge of Bodmin Moor. The parish includes the villages of Fivelanes and Treween, and had a population of 976 according to the 2001 census.

The village church of St Nonna, Altarnun, is famous for its 79 bench end carvings by Robert Daye between 1510 and 1530. These cover a range of subjects including a Cornish piper and fiddler.

It was the birthplace of sculptor Neville Northey Burnard(1818-1878).


 
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