Downinney is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Downinney

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

Tehidy is a great place to visit close to Downinney if you like hiking areas.

There are a several good country parks in the Downinney area like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

The area around Downinney features a number of interesting towns including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Hills to visit near Downinney include Kit Hill Country Park.

The area around Downinney boasts some of the best villages including Cremyll, and Botallack.

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is one of Downinney's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Downinney.

Downinney has some unmissable airports nearby like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Downinney History

There are some historic monuments around Downinney:

• Prehistoric house platform on south-east Roughtor, 985m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor
• Two bowl barrows 595m north west of Belah Park Farm
• Four bowl barrows 445m north of Buttern Farm
• Barrow 90m E of Trelay Farm
• Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Settlement W of Cargelly
• Wayside cross 110m SSW of Youlstone
• Animal pound 90m ENE of Pound Cot
• Wayside cross 290m north west of Basill
• Wayside cross in Tresmeer churchyard
• Medieval longhouse settlement (known locally as Lamlavery), and an associated field system
• Motte castle 80m north west of the church at Week St Mary
• Deserted medieval building 55m south of Roughtor summit
• Bowl barrow 120m south west of Horizon View
• Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church
• Holy well at Laneast
• Round barrow cemetery on Wilsey Down
• Bowl barrow 660m north east of Tresoke
• Prehistoric coaxial field system, incorporated and adjacent hut circles, stone setting, linear boundaries and medieval settlement on Fox Tor and Treburland Farm
• Two adjoining prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 960m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• St Anne's Well, in Whitstone churchyard
• Penhallam medieval moated manor house, 360m south west of Ashbury Camp
• Two bowl barrows 240m SSW of Wilsworthy Cross
• Prehistoric standing stone 695m north-west of Showery Tor
• Multi-span bridge called Trerithick Bridge
• Round barrow cemetery 610m north east of Creddacott Farm
• Two bowl barrows 625m south of Greystone Farm
• Medieval wayside cross head 75m east of Newpark
• Round cairn 567m north-west of Showery Tor
• St Clether's Chapel and Holy Well
• Prehistoric linear boundary, adjacent irregular aggregate field system and hut circles, incorporated cairns and medieval grave on north-west Roughtor
• Co-axial field system, hut circle settlements, cairnfield and land boundaries on Carne Down
• Bowl barrow 110m north of Whitehill Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Newpark
• Three bowl barrows 750m south east of Lower Brazacott Farm
• Prehistoric and later enclosure containing a stone hut circle 1.2km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Cross 470m north of Lambrenny
• Two bowl barrows 660m south west of Whitehill Cottage, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Leskernick north stone circle
• Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, and religious and funerary remains on the middle and lower slopes west and south of Roughtor
• Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze
• Round 310m south of Mill Farm
• Three bowl barrows 600m south east of Small Hill Barton
• Medieval wayside cross in Altarnun churchyard
• Prehistoric standing stone 500m NNE of Spettigue Farm
• Ring cairn and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down
• Bowl barrow 700m east of Tregray Farm
• Stone hut circle 525m SW of West Carne Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort called Hilton Wood Castle
• Six cairns on Buttern Hill
• Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery Tor
• Medieval wayside cross on Laneast Downs, 270m SSW of High Hall Farm
• Medieval wayside cross 320m south west of Higher Trevivian
• Round cairn 417m north-west of Showery Tor
• Four prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 938m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Wayside cross 620m south west of Basil Farm
• Round (or petal) cairn on the summit of Leskernick Hill
• A round on Tregearedown Beacon, 295m north east of the Nook
• Prehistoric to post-medieval funerary, ritual and settlement remains on and around Louden Hill
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Medieval wayside cross 550m north-west of Lewannick church
• Round 300m north of Northdown
• Ashbury Camp later prehistoric multivallate hillfort
• Medieval long-house with adjacent enclosure 1.44km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Bowl barrow 410m east of Wainhouse Corner
• Two bowl barrows 380m north of Beckaveans, one of which is called 'The Beacon'
• Multi-span bridge called Polyphant Bridge, 110m north of Polyphant Green
• Iron Age defended settlement 425m west of Trebray
• Round cairn 625m north-west of Showery Tor
• Medieval churchyard cross in Laneast churchyard
• Prehistoric embanked avenue with incorporated funerary cist 210m WNW of Showery Tor
• Three prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 1km NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Round 800m south east of Pengold Farm
• Well called Blaunder's Well
• Prehistoric coaxial and regular field systems, incorporated hut circles and adjacent deserted medieval settlement, droveway and long house on Tregune Farm
• Round cairn 312m north-west of Showery Tor
• Platform cairn with rim bank and central cairn, and a secondary cairn, on the summit of Carne Down
• Leskernick south stone circle
• Earthwork on Hill Down 500yds (450m) WSW of Tresparrett Posts
• Vincent Mine Cross
• Round called Froxton Wood Castle
• Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm
• Prehistoric irregular field system and enclosures with incorporated stone hut circle and incorporated and adjacent cairns 558m north-west of Showery Tor
• Bowl barrow 60m west of Crowdy Reservoir dam
• Promontory fort N of village
• Roughtor holy well, 333m south-west of Showery Tor
• Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Wayside cross 120m north of Basill
• Prehistoric ring cairn 810m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor
• Part of a bowl barrow called Headon Barrow
• Round 260m south west of Trengayor
• Wayside cross 315m north of The Old Rectory, Altarnun
• Wayside cross 660m north of Basil Farm
• Leskernick stone alignment
• Three barrows 550m ENE of Cansford
• Prehistoric round cairn 865m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Round barrow cemetery including Tich Barrow 730m north east of Trehane Pool
• Ring bank in the NW corner of Lewannick Plantation
• Later Prehistoric to Roman round 500m NE of West Carne Farm
• Tor cairn on Showery Tor
• Two Bronze Age settlements, associated field enclosures, small cairns, a cist and a propped stone on the south and western slopes of Leskernick Hill
• Upton Castle, 500m SSW of Upton Barton Farm
• An early Christian memorial stone in Lewannick churchyard
• Large multivallate hillfort called Warbstow Bury and a pillow mound known as the Giant's Grave
• Early post-medieval guide post 270m north west of Bowden
• Holyway Cross, 550m east of Hicksmill
• Three bowl barrows 560m south east of Cherry Cross