Cornwall
| Name |
Type |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballowall Barrow | Cairn | Neolithic | Remains | A prehistoric funerary cairn (chambered tomb) situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near St Just. It was first excavated in 1878 by William Copeland Borlase when it was discovered under mining debris. The site today is a confused mix of original and reconstructions introduced by Borlase. | |
| Carn Euny Ancient Village | Settlement and Fogou | Iron Age | Remains | A Romano-British village near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula, with considerable evidence of Iron Age settlement as well. Carn Euny is best known for the well-preserved state of the large fogou, an underground passageway, which is more than 20m long. | |
| Chysauster Ancient Village | Settlement | Iron Age | Remains | A Romano-British village of courtyard houses, believed to have been constructed and occupied between 100 BC and 400 AD; it was primarily agricultural and unfortified and probably occupied by members of the Dumnonii tribe. The village included eight stone dwellings, arranged in pairs along a street, each with its own garden plot. | |
| Dupath Well | Wellhouse | 1510 | Complete | A wellhouse constructed over a local spring. Built of Cornish granite ashlar, it was probably built by the Augustinian canons of the nearby priory of St Germans, to whom the site belonged. | |
| Halliggye Fogou | Fogou | Iron Age | Remains | Located on the Trelowarren estate near Helston, it consists of a long narrow tunnel leading to three sectioned chambers, and a window-like entrance which was dug in Victorian times by supposed treasure hunters. It is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements. | |
| Hurlers Stone Circles | Stone circle | Neolithic | Remains | A group of three stone circles. The site is half-a-mile west of the village of Minions on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor. The circles have diameters of 35m, 42m and 33m. The two outer stone circles are circular, the middle and largest stone circle, however, is slightly elliptical. | |
| King Doniert's Stone | Stone Cross | 9th Century | Remains | Consists of two pieces of a decorated 9th century cross. The inscription is believed to commemorate Dungarth, King of Cornwall who died around 875. The site also includes an underground passage and chamber. | |
| Launceston Castle | Castle | 11th Century | Ruins | A Norman motte and bailey earthwork castle raised by Robert, Count of Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror. It became the administrative headquarters for the powerful Earls of Cornwall. The castle remained with little development, apart from an inner keep added in the 12th century. During the 13th century, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, a younger brother of Henry III began to rebuild the castle in stone. | |
| Pendennis Castle | Device fort | 1539 | Partly complete | One of Henry VIII's Device Forts. Built to guard the entrance to the River Fal on its west bank, near Falmouth. St Mawes Castle is its opposite number on the east bank and they were built to defend Carrick Roads from the French and Spanish threats of future attack. The castle comprises a simple round tower and gate enclosed by a lower curtain wall. | |
| Penhallam | Manor House | 12th Century | Ruins | The site of a former medieval manor house surrounded by a protective moat, abandoned during the mid-14th century. Penhallam is one of only four such moated medieval manor sites in Cornwall and it consists of a quadrangle of buildings around a central courtyard. | |
| Restormel Castle | Castle | 12th Century | Ruins | Situated on the River Fowey near Lostwithiel, it is one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall. The castle is notable for its perfectly circular design. Although once a luxurious residence to the Earl of Cornwall, the castle became ruined in the years after. | |
| St Breock Downs Monolith | Monolith | Neolithic | Remains | A 5m high prehistoric standing stone located near St Breock. | |
| St Catherine's Castle | Device fort | 1530's | Remains | A small fort commissioned by Henry VIII to protect Fowey Harbour. A twin battery of 64-pounder guns was added on a lower terrace in 1855. One emplacement was modified in WWII to mount a 4.7" naval gun, but was later removed to restore the Victorian gun races. | |
| St Mawes Castle | Device fort | 1540's | Remains | St Mawes Castle and its larger sister castle, Pendennis, were built as part of a defensive chain of fortresses by Henry VIII to protect the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. | |
| Tintagel Castle | Castle | 13th Century | Ruins | A medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island. It saw settlement during the Early Medieval period, when it was probably one of the seasonal residences of the regional king of Dumnonia. In the 13th century, during the Later Medieval period, after Cornwall had been subsumed into the kingdom of England, a castle was built on the site by Richard, Earl of Cornwall. | |
| Tregiffian Burial Chamber | Tomb | Neolithic | Remains | A Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered tomb, comprising an entrance passage, lined with stone slabs, leading to a central chamber, located near Lamorna in west Cornwall. | |
| Trethevy Quoit | Tomb | Neolithic | Remains | A well-preserved megalithic tomb located near St Cleer. It is known locally as "the giant's house" and stands 2.7m high, and consists of five standing stones capped by a large slab. |
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