This is a list of
scheduled monument
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and d ...
s in
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, United Kingdom. Monuments are listed by
Historic England
Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked wit ...
as part of the
National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, an ...
. For the scope of this list, the
Isles of Sicily are included and the
ceremonial county
The counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England and informally known as ceremonial counties, are areas of England to which lords-lieutenant are appointed. Legally, the areas i ...
boundaries are used.
This list is incomplete, more monuments may be included in
Scheduled monuments in Cornwall.
Scheduled monuments
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Greystone Bridge
Greystone Bridge is a four-arch Grade I listed bridge over the River Tamar south-east of Launceston, Cornwall. It was built in 1439 and repaired in November 2007.
Description
Greystone Bridge is south-east of Launceston, Cornwall and carries ...
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Kelly Rounds
Kelly Rounds, or Castle Killibury is an Iron Age hill fort in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated beside the A39 trunk road approximately two miles east of Wadebridge.
The site is north of the village of St Mabyn, approximately 3 ...
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Madron Well and Madron Well Chapel
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Penstowe Castle
Penstowe Castle, also called Kilkhampton Castle, was a medieval fortification built near Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England, possibly during the years of the civil war in the 12th century known as the Anarchy.
History
The precise date of Penstowe C ...
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Perran Round
Perran Round (also known as St Piran's Round) is an amphitheatre in the hamlet of Rose, midway between the villages of Goonhavern and Perranporth, Cornwall, UK. It is described as the best surviving example of a plen-an-gwary, a medieval amphithe ...
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Restormel Castle
Restormel Castle ( kw, Kastel Rostorrmel) lies by the River Fowey near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England, UK. It is one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall, the others being Launceston, Tintagel and Trematon. The castle is notable for ...
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Sperris Quoit
Sperris Quoit is a ruined megalithic burial chamber or dolmen, and one of a type of tomb unique to West Penwith, located on a moor around 365 metres northeast of Zennor Quoit, being roughly halfway between Zennor and Amalveor, Cornwall. It is t ...
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Treen Cliff
Treen Cliff is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) located on the Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall, England, UK, south-west of Penzance. First notified in 1951, with a revision in 1973, and a further notification on 1 July 1986, it is i ...
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Warbstow Bury
Warbstow Bury is an Iron Age hillfort about west of the village of Warbstow, in Cornwall, England. It is a scheduled monument.
Location and description
The site is above sea level, on a hill at the heads of two tributaries of the River Ottery. ...
Owned by the Duchy
Sites owned by the
Duchy of Cornwall
The Duchy of Cornwall ( kw, Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster. The eldest son of the reigning British monarch obtains possession of the duchy and the title of 'Duke of Cornwall' at ...
and managed by
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses.
The charity states that i ...
.
The Duchy also owns scheduled monuments in
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...
,
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...
, and
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...
.
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Hurlers Stone Circles, St Cleer
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Launceston Castle
Launceston Castle is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England. It was probably built by Robert the Count of Mortain after 1068, and initially comprised an earthwork and timber castle with a large motte in one corner. Launceston Castl ...
, Launceston
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Restormel Castle
Restormel Castle ( kw, Kastel Rostorrmel) lies by the River Fowey near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England, UK. It is one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall, the others being Launceston, Tintagel and Trematon. The castle is notable for ...
, Lostwithiel
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Tintagel Castle
Tintagel Castle ( kw, Dintagel) is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel (Trevena), North Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The site was possibly occupied in the Romano-British pe ...
, TIntagel
Scilly
* Bants Carn Burial Chamber and
Halangy Down
Halangy Down (or Halangy Down Ancient Village) is a prehistoric settlement located on the island of St Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly. The ancient site covers the lower slope of Halangy Down hill, overlooking the coastal inlet between the isl ...
Ancient Village,
St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
St Mary's ( kw, Ennor, meaning ''The Mainland'') is the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the southwest coast of Cornwall in England.
Description
St Mary's has an area of — 40 percent of the total la ...
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Innisidgen
Innisidgen ( kw, Enys Ojyon, meaning ''Ox Island'') is the site of two Bronze Age entrance graves on the island of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. The two burial monuments, (Upper and Lower Innisidgen) lie on a steep ...
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St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
St Mary's ( kw, Ennor, meaning ''The Mainland'') is the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the southwest coast of Cornwall in England.
Description
St Mary's has an area of — 40 percent of the total la ...
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Porth Hellick Down
Porth Hellick Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age archeological site located on the island of St Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly in Great Britain. The ancient burial monument encompasses a large cairn cemetery that includes at least six entranc ...
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St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
St Mary's ( kw, Ennor, meaning ''The Mainland'') is the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the southwest coast of Cornwall in England.
Description
St Mary's has an area of — 40 percent of the total la ...
* The Garrison Walls,
St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
St Mary's ( kw, Ennor, meaning ''The Mainland'') is the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the southwest coast of Cornwall in England.
Description
St Mary's has an area of — 40 percent of the total la ...
* Harry’s Walls,
St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
St Mary's ( kw, Ennor, meaning ''The Mainland'') is the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the southwest coast of Cornwall in England.
Description
St Mary's has an area of — 40 percent of the total la ...
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Cromwell's Castle
Cromwell's Castle is an artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. It comprises a tall, circular gun tower and an adjacent gun platform, and was designed to prevent enemy naval vessels from e ...
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Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Tresco ( kw, Enys Skaw, meaning "island of Elder (tree), elder-trees") is the second-biggest island of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall, England. It is in size, measuring about by .
History
In early times one group of islands was in the possess ...
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King Charles's Castle
King Charles's Castle is a ruined artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. Built between 1548 and 1551 to protect the islands from French attack, it would have held a battery of guns and ...
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Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Tresco ( kw, Enys Skaw, meaning "island of Elder (tree), elder-trees") is the second-biggest island of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall, England. It is in size, measuring about by .
History
In early times one group of islands was in the possess ...
* The Old Blockhouse,
Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Tresco ( kw, Enys Skaw, meaning "island of Elder (tree), elder-trees") is the second-biggest island of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall, England. It is in size, measuring about by .
History
In early times one group of islands was in the possess ...
NHLE
These place-names are taken directly from searching the NHLE, you can help by adding their common names. The numbers are each sites NHLE reference number. The full list in this section should contain 1346 entries.
* Round with annexe 530m north east of Lower Padreda – 1003076
* Bowl barrow 70m north east of Killarney – 1003083
* Bowl barrow 480m south of Traboe Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs – 1003089
* Hut circle settlement 950yds (870m) NW of Gwenter Farm – 1003102
* Boslow Cross 550yds (500m) NW of Boslow Farm – 1003110
* Part of the mining complex at Wheal Grenville and East Wheal Grenville Mines 210 north west of Newton Moor Farm – 1003117
* Bowl barrow 680m north west of Trewithick Farm – 1003272
* Hut circle 280yds (250m) SW of Trevarthen – 1001725
* Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra – 1004222
* Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra – 1004223
* Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage – 1004231
* Round 750m north east of Trelaske House – 1004237
* Wayside cross 95m WSW of Trelaske House – 1004238
* Iron Age defended settlement 425m west of Trebray – 1004240
* Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 – 1004254
* Round 450yds (405m) NW of Lower Chellew Farm – 1004262
* Round 220m south east of The Level House – 1004270
* Hut circle on Carnyorth Common 200yds (180m) W of Carn Kenidjack – 1004278
* Hut circles with associated field system 400yds (360m) SW of Little Higher Bosullow – 1004316
* Round barrow 400yds (370m) NW of Traboe Cross – 1004323
* Courtyard house 280m north west of Middle Carnaquidden – 1004353
* Chapel at Hall – 1004361
* Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor – 1004363
* Two bowl barrows 570m south west of Polkerth forming part of a larger round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs – 1004374
* Motte castle 80m north west of the church at Week St Mary – 1004386
* Kerbed cairn 100m NNW of Chapel Carn Brea – 1004389
* Three bowl barrows 350m north of Poldhu Cove – 1004396
* Wayside cross at Trengwainton Carn – 1004412
* Courtyard house settlement and field system and medieval farmstead 440m south of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage – 1004421
* Stone hut circle settlement with irregular aggregate field system at Kynance Gate, 935m south east of Kynance Farm – 1004432
* Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery – 1004433
* Bowl barrow 230m south west of Middle Taphouse Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery – 1004435
* Two bowl barrows 190m east of Zacry's Islands – 1004461
* Rectangular camp SW of Trevarnon Round – 1004468
* Bowl barrow 875m SSE of Bodrugan Barton – 1004470
* Three bowl barrows 500m SSW of Leech Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs -1004471
* Kerbed cairn called Hangman's Barrow – 1001728
* Round cairn and kerbed cairn 300m north east of Blackrock Farm – 1001729
* Cast iron footbridge at Perran Mill – 1001726
* Round cairn 185m NNW of Old Hilltop Farm – 1001727
* Bowl barrow 540m WSW of St Breock Downs Farm – 1004478
* Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and part of a field system 400m north of Bodrifty Farm – 1004481
* Standing stone called
Tresvennack Pillar – 1004492
* Two large regular stone circles 290m north east of Hailglower Farm – 1004493
* Part of Launceston Priory 50m south-east of St Thomas' Church – 1004511
* Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle – 1004617
* Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra – 1004621
* Promontory fort called
The Rumps
The Rumps ( kw, Din Pentir, meaning ''fort at Pentire'') () is a twin-headland promontory at the north-east corner of Pentire Head in north Cornwall, United Kingdom.
The promontory is formed from hard basaltic rock (see also Geology of Cornw ...
– 1004625
* Standing stone 815m west of
St Breock
St Breock ( kw, Nanssans) is a village and a civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The spelling St Breoke was also formerly in use.
Geography
St Breock village is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Wadebridge immediately to the sou ...
Downs Farm – 1004653
* Two bowl barrows, one 220m east of Lower Longbeak and the other 320m east of Higher Longbeak – 1001723
* Megalithic tomb 220yds (200m) SW of Trevarthen – 1001724
* Two bowl barrows 250m west of Silverwell Farm – 1001730
* Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm – 1005451
* Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs – 1005458
* Three barrows 550m ENE of Cansford – 1005463
* Barrow 90m E of Trelay Farm – 1005466
* Wayside Cross at Camborne Park Recreation Ground – 1003049
* Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse – 1003077
* Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery – 1003081
* Deserted medieval settlement with 16th and 18th century structures 85m west of West Lanyon Quoit – 1003084
* Part of an early-Christian cemetery 65m north west of Tintagel church – 1003086
* Three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Cataclews Point – 1003088
* Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge – 1006633
* Three wayside crosses 235m south east of Bosvathick – 1006665
* Wayside cross 240m north west of Higher Predannack Farm – 1006668
* Wayside cross at Nanjarrow – 1006676
* Prehistoric inhumation cemetery at Harlyn – 1006685
* Small multivallate hillfort called
Castle Dore
Castle Dore is an Iron Age hill fort (ringfort) near Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom located at . It was probably occupied from the 5th or 4th centuries BC until the 1st century BC. It consists of two ditches surrounding a circular ar ...
– 1006691
* Neolithic hilltop enclosure with later settlement and defensive structures, a prehistoric field system, a medieval castle and deer park and mineral workings on Carn Brea – 1006704
* Enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Chygwidden Vean, 250m east of Land Vue – 1006715
* Promontory fort known as
Treryn Dinas
Treryn Dinas is a headland near Treen, on the Penwith peninsula between Penberth Cove and Porthcurno in Cornwall, England.
It is a scheduled monument, and is owned by the National Trust.
It is the site of a promontory fort dated to the Iro ...
– 1006733
* Promontory fort at Chynalls Point – 1003103
* Courtyard house settlement with enclosure and fogou 235m south east of Porthmeor Farm – 1003071
* Wayside cross at Nanquidno Farm – 1003109
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Boskednan stone circle
Boskednan stone circle () is a partially restored prehistoric stone circle near Boskednan, around 4 miles (6 kilometres) northwest of the town of Penzance in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The megalithic monument is traditionally known as the Nine ...
: Large regular stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' and a round cairn 690m north-west of Killiow Farm – 1006738
* Portal dolmen known as 'The Three Brothers of Grugith' – 1006746
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Boswens Menhir, also known as the Long Stone, 180m north of Halvanance Farm – 1006749
* Standing stone 200yds (180m) W of Chycarne – 1003116
* Ring bank in the NW corner of Lewannick Plantation – 1003118
* Two bowl barrows 385m south east of Higher Tregolls – 1003273
References
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Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
Buildings and structures in Cornwall