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Places to stay in Altarnun
Altarnun, which nestles in the sheltered valley of Penpont Water, a tributary of the River Inny, is named in the Domesday Book as Penpont and can truly be described as one of the prettiest villages in Cornwall. The village was the focal point for the outlying farms with a livestock market, shop, three blacksmiths, a tailor, a cobbler and a regrater, who was also the shop owner, who would journey out by horse and trap to buy the dairy produce, rabbits and pigs from the surrounding farms, to sell on in Launceston and Plymouth. He kept his own 'Killing House' down the lane to slaughter the pigs. The livestock market finally closed in the late 80s, but the original granite cottages still exist, as does the building that was once the focal point of the village, serving the local community during the last century, it has now been completely refurbished to become the Casa Moor Lodge and Restaurant.
