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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