Colesent is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Colesent

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

The area around Colesent's best hiking areas can be found at Tehidy.

The area around Colesent features a number of interesting country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are some of Colesent best towns to visit near Colesent.

Colesent is near some unmissable hills like Kit Hill Country Park,

Colesent's best nearby villages can be found at Cremyll, and Botallack.

Colesent is near some unmissable historic buildings like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park,

Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport are some of Colesent best airports to visit near Colesent.

Colesent History

There are some historic monuments around Colesent:

• Tawna Downs round barrows
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Reperry Cross, 550m ENE of Reperry Manor Farm
• Two small stone circles 530m ESE of King Arthur's Hall
• Treslea Downs Cross 300m west of Mount
• Wayside cross 120m north west of Callywith
• Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and linear boundary with superimposed medieval boundary and adjacent clearance cairn on Dinnever Hill
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• The Castle Goff Stone and Valley Truckle Cross in St Julitta's churchyard
• Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin
• Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn
• Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm
• Prehistoric stone setting 62m north-west of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross
• Two adjoining prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 960m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• The Prior's Cross at Washaway
• The Louden Stone Circle, 950m ENE of Camperdown Farm
• Kerbed cairn on Alex Tor
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castle
• Prehistoric embanked avenue with incorporated funerary cist 210m WNW of Showery Tor
• Wayside cross 220m north west of Steppes Farm
• Round cairn 625m north-west of Showery Tor
• Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm
• King Arthur's Hall
• St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church
• Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Two wayside crosses in the grounds of Trewardale 34m WSW of the house
• Round cairn with central cist capstone and inner kerb 935m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Prehistoric linear boundary, adjacent irregular aggregate field system and hut circles, incorporated cairns and medieval grave on north-west Roughtor
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Chapel Amble Cross in St Kew churchyard, 30m north west of the church
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Prehistoric to post-medieval funerary, ritual and settlement remains on and around Louden Hill
• Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road
• Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs
• Two early Christian memorial stones 195m north of Welltown
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system at Watergate
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 30m north of the church
• Two stone hut circles 130m south east of Highsteps
• Large multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle Canyke', 375m SSW of Castle Canyke Farmhouse
• Round 410m west of Kenningstockmill
• Round called Castle Goff
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church
• Wayside cross 55m north east of Laninval House
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Medieval wayside cross in St Mabyn churchyard
• Holy well in Michaelstow churchyard
• Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor
• Motte and bailey castle called Cardinham Castle
• Early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross in Cardinham churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Hut circles near New Hall
• Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
• Medieval wayside cross at Castle Hill, 740m north east of Bodmin parish church
• Prehistoric and later enclosure containing a stone hut circle 1.2km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill
• Holy well near St James' Chapel
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 5m west of the church
• Hut circle group and enclosure NE of Carwen
• Wayside cross 330m NNW of Higher Woodley
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• Small multivallate hillfort with outworks known as Pencarrow Rounds
• Tor cairn on Showery Tor
• Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
• Slight univallate hillfort in Dunmere Wood 235m WNW of Crabb's Pool
• Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones
• Wayside cross at Trevia Walls
• Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, and religious and funerary remains on the middle and lower slopes west and south of Roughtor
• Treslea Cross, 750m ENE of Cardinham Church
• Kerbed cairn 500m east of Casehill
• Round cairn 567m north-west of Showery Tor
• Three prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 1km NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze
• Wayside cross at Bodwannick Manor Farm
• Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill
• Lantern cross 60m north east of Lancarffe
• Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor
• Stone hut circle north of Dinnever Hill, 200m WNW of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Four prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 938m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement called Penhargard Castle
• Churchyard cross in Cardinham churchyard, 5m south of the church
• An early Christian memorial stone at Lancarffe
• St Bellarmin's Chapel
• Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor
• Three wayside crosses in St Julitta's churchyard
• Prehistoric irregular field system and enclosures with incorporated stone hut circle and incorporated and adjacent cairns 558m north-west of Showery Tor
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• Roman fort called 'Nanstallon Roman fort' 135m south west of Tregear
• Churchyard cross in the cemetery at St Teath, 60m north west of the church
• Prehistoric house platform on south-east Roughtor, 985m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Prehistoric ring cairn 810m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Five bowl barrows 550m north of Trewindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Medieval wayside cross at Blisland
• Helland Bridge
• Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Pencarrow, 130m SSE of Pencarrow House
• Killibury Castle later Prehistoric hillfort
• Bowl barrow 60m west of Crowdy Reservoir dam
• Prehistoric round cairn 865m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Bowl barrow known as Council Barrow
• Small multivallate hillfort called Tregeare Rounds
• Bury Castle
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• Polrode Cross in St Kew churchyard, 3m east of the church
• Three platform cairns 320m south-east of Moorgate
• Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyard
• Deserted medieval building 55m south of Roughtor summit
• Job's Cross, medieval wayside cross 500m north east of Trewethern
• Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor
• The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans
• Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
• The Middle Moor Cross, 230m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery Tor
• The Three Holes Cross 550m west of Sandylands Farm
• Ruthern Bridge with adjacent ford
• Roughtor holy well, 333m south-west of Showery Tor
• Medieval long-house with adjacent enclosure 1.44km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Cross near Deviock Cottage
• Trequite Cross, at Trequite village
• Bowl barrow 420m south east of Higher Parkwalls
• Three bowl barrows 250m north east of Lowermoor
• Cross head N of Tregony Farm
• Round 275m SSE of Little Delinuth
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• Round cairn 312m north-west of Showery Tor
• Trezance Holy Well and chapel enclosure
• Medieval chapel of St Thomas Becket 45m east of the church, Priory Road in Bodmin
• Prehistoric standing stone 695m north-west of Showery Tor
• Prehistoric cairns and field boundary 450m south of the Louden Stone Circle
• Round cairn 417m north-west of Showery Tor