Porthmeor

{{Short description|Hamlet in Cornwall, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

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|static_image_caption= The main road (B3306) between St Ives and St Just at Porthmeor

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|region= South West England

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|civil_parish= Zennor

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|dial_code= 01736

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Porthmeor (from {{langx|kw|Porth Meur}}, meaning "large cove"){{cite book |author1=Craig Weatherhill |author1-link=Craig Weatherhill |title=The Place-Names of the Land's End Peninsula |date=2017 |publisher=Penwith Press |isbn=9781999777500 |page=101}} is a hamlet{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=214389079|title=Porthmeor|publisher=Geograph Britain and Ireland|accessdate=10 August 2021}} that consists of two farms, Higher and Lower Porthmeor, in the parish of Zennor in Cornwall, England.{{Cite web |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/porthmeor-cornwall/ |title=Porthmeor, Cornwall - area information, map, walks and more |website=OS GetOutside |language=en-gb |access-date=2020-01-05}} It should not be confused with Porthmeor beach at St Ives. Higher Porthmeor lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 road and Lower Porthmeor is nearer the coast.Ordnance Survey Explorer 7; Land's End, Penzance and St. Ives, 1:25 000. 1996

Porthmeor 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.

At Porthmeor is an Iron Age village which has been excavated; the archaeologists' opinion is that it was abandoned in the 5th or 6th century. However the farms of the present day are still surrounded by the massive moorstone boundary walls which protect the stock from the almost constant winds. These farms are probably medieval; many blocks of moorstone have been used on the farms, e.g. as cornerstones, rubbing posts and stiles.Hoskins, W. G. (1978 ) One Man's England. London: Book Club Associates; p. 70