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Portwrinkle is a small village on the south-east Cornish coast in Whitsand Bay. There is a small, ancient harbour at the foot of the cliffs, now mainly silted up, though it is still occasionally used by small boats.

In the early 1600s the Carew family of Antony granted a lease to Oliver Walleys of Sheviock parish for the building of pilchard storing and processing works. The small harbour was built shortly after the pilchard processing facilities with the cost being shared by the Carew family and the inhabitants of Sheviock parish. The former Port Wrickell was important for fishing and the impressive fish cellars remain, a reminder of the days when pilchards would have been salted here in these 'pilchard palaces' before being exported to Mediterranean countries.