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.

There are a number of hiking areas near to Downinney including Tehidy.

Downinney's best nearby country parks can be found at Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

The area around Downinney's best hills can be found at Kit Hill Country Park.

Don't miss Cremyll, and Botallack's villages if visiting the area around Downinney.

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

The area around Downinney features a number of interesting airports including Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Downinney History

There are some historic monuments around Downinney:

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