Tregeare ( kw, Treger) is a hamlet in the parish of
Egloskerry
Egloskerry ( kw, Egloskeri) is a village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately northwest of Launceston.
Egloskerry parish consists of the village itself and many outlying hamlets and farms, in ...
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 ...
, England, United Kingdom. To the east is the hill Tregearedown Beacon.
Tregeare Rounds is an Iron Age earthwork half a mile northeast of
Pendoggett
Pendoggett ( kw, Penndewgos) is a village in the civil parish of St Kew, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a linear village stradling the B3314 Wadebridge to Delabole road about five miles (8 km) northwest of Wadebridge, four miles (6 ...
in the parish of
. An area with a diameter of 500 ft is enclosed by two banks and ditches. As it is overlooked by higher ground to the northwest it may have been used as a cattle enclosure rather than a fortification.
[Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed., revised by Enid Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 223]
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Hamlets in Cornwall
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