Castle Downs is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Castle Downs

There are great places to visit near Castle Downs including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.

Places near Castle Downs feature a number of interesting hiking areas including Tehidy.

Country Parks to visit near Castle Downs include Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Castle Downs has some unmissable towns nearby like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Places near Castle Downs feature a number of interesting hills including Kit Hill Country Park.

Cremyll, and Botallack are some of Castle Downs best villages to visit near Castle Downs.

Don't miss Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park's historic buildings if visiting the area around Castle Downs.

Don't miss Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport's airports if visiting the area around Castle Downs.

Castle Downs History

There are some historic monuments around Castle Downs:

• Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm
• Two round barrows 150m south west and 180m south east of Prince Parc
• Small multivallate hillfort 127m south east of Demelza Farm
• Round barrow cemetery on Hustyn Downs
• Wayside cross in Egloshayle churchyard, 0.46m east of the church porch
• Medieval chapel of St Michael's on Roche Rock
• A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon
• Eleven round barrows and a stone alignment centred 980m north west of Nine Maidens Stone Row
• Wayside cross-slab and early Christian memorial stone in St Columb Major churchyard, 2m south of the church
• St Breock Downs monolith and surrounding cairn
• Preaching pit called the Queen's Pit
• Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn
• Four round barrows 400m south east of Little Trewinnick Farm
• Late medieval and 19th century bridge at Wadebridge
• Four round barrows 480m north of Besowsa
• Tregargus stone grinding mill No 2
• Bowl barrow 540m WSW of St Breock Downs Farm
• Menacuddle Well
• Round 340m north west of Tresawle Farm
• Three bowl barrows 670m and 775m north west of Homer Downs
• Hut circle settlement and round called Trevisker Round at Trevisker School
• Round 310m east of Carloggas Moor Farm
• Burial chamber on St Breock Downs
• Wayside cross in Holy Trinity Church churchyard
• Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock
• Two bowl barrows 385m south east of Higher Tregolls
• Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow
• Inchs Cross, 200m south-west of Inchs
• The Nine Maidens stone alignment, The Fiddler standing stone and two Bronze Age round barrows
• Round barrow 530m north west of Carnwinnick
• A bell barrow, a bowl barrow and a platform barrow 620m west of Higher Cransworth
• Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Wadebridge
• An early Christian memorial stone in St Francis churchyard, Indian Queens
• Churchyard cross in St Columb Major churchyard, 12m east of the church
• Three bowl barrows 200m north west of Pawtonsprings
• Standing stone 815m west of St Breock Downs Farm
• Disc barrow 485m south west of Pawtonsprings
• Standing cross in St Dennis churchyard
• Holy well NW of Roche Station
• Wayside cross in the grounds of the former Rectory at Withiel, 70m south-west of the house
• Churchyard cross in Roche churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Eight round barrows north of Scotland Corner, 980m south west of Pawton Gate Farm
• Wayside cross in St Enoder churchyard
• Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm
• Three round barrows on St Issey Beacon, Trelow Downs, 960m north east of Little Pennatillies
• The Long Stone or Eddystone, standing stone 210m north east of Music Water
• Early Christian memorial stone at Nanscowe Farm
• Bowl barrow 200m north east of Gonvena House
• Nine round barrows 850m north east of Pennatillie
• Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage
• Cross Putty, medieval wayside cross-base 70m south east of Bosworgey Cottage
• Ruthern Bridge with adjacent ford
• Seven round barrows and a ring barrow on Bear's Downs and Denzell Downs, 850m north east of Higher Denzell
• Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow
• Longstone on Longstone Downs
• Wayside cross in Egloshayle churchyard, 0.16m west of the church porch
• Four round barrows 270m north west of Higher Trevibban Farm
• Later prehistoric to Romano-British multiple enclosure fort and prehistoric round barrow, 350m south east of Bogee Farm
• Churchyard cross shaft and base in St Stephen's churchyard, 3m south of the church
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort and round cairn at St Stephen's Beacon
• Round 600m south east of Tregolds
• Dovecote 90m SSE of Trevanion House
• Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow
• Wayside cross and cross base in St Stephen's churchyard, 6m south of the church