Mayon is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

on the A30 main road north of

Sennen Sennen () is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sennen village is situated approximately west-southwest of Penzance.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' Sennen parish is bounded by ...

in west

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, England.Ordnance Survey ''Explorer 7; Land's End, Penzance and St. Ives, 1:25 000 scale''. 1996 Mayon is about south-west of

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. Much of the land in

St Levan St Levan () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is rural with a number of hamlets of varying size with Porthcurno probably being the best known. Hewn out of the cliff at Minack Point and ...

belonged to the manor of Mayon, and in the early 17th century the land was divided between six heiresses, one of whom married John St Aubyn. Ancient cross at Mayon Farm - geograph

References

* Mayon cliff''

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