Highertown is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Highertown

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

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

The area around Highertown boasts some of the best 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 Highertown best towns to visit near Highertown.

Hills to visit near Highertown include Kit Hill Country Park.

Cremyll, and Botallack are great places to visit near Highertown if you like villages.

The area around Highertown's best historic buildings can be found at Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

There are a several good airports in the Highertown area like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Highertown History

There are some historic monuments around Highertown:

• The Louden Stone Circle, 950m ENE of Camperdown Farm
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Prehistoric irregular field system and enclosures with incorporated stone hut circle and incorporated and adjacent cairns 558m north-west of Showery Tor
• Three platform cairns 320m south-east of Moorgate
• Trevena Cross
• Cross 410m north east of Tregrylls
• Motte and bailey castle at Boscastle
• Dovecote 35m south of the Vicarage, Tintagel
• Anderton Mill Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m north of the church
• Three bowl barrows, 60m and 250m south and 500m south west of Nettings Park
• Ring cairn and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down
• Two platform cairns centred 485m SW of Colquite Farm
• Rock art at Rocky Valley, 150m north of Trevillett Mill
• Stone hut circle 525m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Two small stone circles 530m ESE of King Arthur's Hall
• Platform cairn 450m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze
• Platform cairn on Priddacombe Downs
• Prehistoric hut circle settlement on Stanning Hill
• Round (or petal) cairn on the summit of Leskernick Hill
• Round cairn 625m north-west of Showery Tor
• Holy well near St James' Chapel
• Leskernick north stone circle
• Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church
• Cross head N of Tregony Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement 170m north west of Cargurra
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Iron Age defended settlement 425m west of Trebray
• Prehistoric cairns and field boundary 450m south of the Louden Stone Circle
• Cross 470m north of Lambrenny
• Two stone hut circles 130m south east of Highsteps
• Barrow 90m E of Trelay Farm
• Wayside cross in Lesnewth churchyard
• Holy well in Michaelstow churchyard
• Three bowl barrows 250m north east of Lowermoor
• Two wayside crosses in the grounds of Trewardale 34m WSW of the house
• Medieval longhouse settlement (known locally as Lamlavery), and an associated field system
• Tregatheral Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Wayside cross 620m south west of Basil Farm
• King Arthur's Hall
• Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, and religious and funerary remains on the middle and lower slopes west and south of Roughtor
• Medieval wayside cross head 75m east of Newpark
• Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Round barrow cemetery on Wilsey Down
• Four Hole Cross, 200m north of Lord's Waste Farm
• Bowl barrow 660m north east of Tresoke
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church
• Four prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 938m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Leskernick stone alignment
• Kerbed cairn 500m east of Casehill
• Helland Bridge
• Round cairn with central cist capstone and inner kerb 935m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Prehistoric house platform on south-east Roughtor, 985m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Bowl barrow called Condolden Barrow
• Two round cairns, three enclosed and two open stone hut circle settlements, a rectangular enclosure and a medieval longhouse to the south of Carburrow Tor
• Prehistoric stone setting 62m north-west of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Bowl barrow known as Council Barrow
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Bowl barrow 420m south east of Higher Parkwalls
• Hut circle group and enclosure NE of Carwen
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Newpark
• Tor cairn on Showery Tor
• Hut circles near New Hall
• Prehistoric round cairn 865m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Churchyard cross in the cemetery at St Teath, 60m north west of the church
• Two Bronze Age settlements, associated field enclosures, small cairns, a cist and a propped stone on the south and western slopes of Leskernick Hill
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• Medieval wayside cross at Fenterleigh crossroads, 750m south-east of Bossiney
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Cairn 485m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Wayside cross 220m north west of Steppes Farm
• Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery Tor
• Medieval wayside cross at Blisland
• Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill
• Round called Castle Goff
• Two bowl barrows 625m south of Greystone Farm
• Bowl barrow 490m SSW of Tregatherall Farm
• Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and linear boundary with superimposed medieval boundary and adjacent clearance cairn on Dinnever Hill
• Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
• Bowl barrow 700m east of Tregray Farm
• Deserted medieval building 55m south of Roughtor summit
• Prehistoric ring cairn 810m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Prehistoric linear boundary, adjacent irregular aggregate field system and hut circles, incorporated cairns and medieval grave on north-west Roughtor
• Prehistoric standing stone 695m north-west of Showery Tor
• Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Prehistoric to post-medieval funerary, ritual and settlement remains on and around Louden Hill
• Prehistoric and later enclosure containing a stone hut circle 1.2km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Round cairn 417m north-west of Showery Tor
• Kerbed cairn on Alex Tor
• Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• Prehistoric embanked avenue with incorporated funerary cist 210m WNW of Showery Tor
• Wayside cross at Trevia Walls
• Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor
• St Bellarmin's Chapel
• 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
• Two adjoining prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 960m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Trevalga Cross in Trevalga churchyard
• Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs
• Round cairn 567m north-west of Showery Tor
• Round barrow cemetery including Tich Barrow 730m north east of Trehane Pool
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castle
• St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Roughtor holy well, 333m south-west of Showery Tor
• Round cairn 312m north-west of Showery Tor
• An early Christian memorial stone 380m south east of Worthyvale Manor
• Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Blacktor Downs irregular aggregate field system and clearance cairn
• Platform cairn 460m SW of Colquite Farm
• Leskernick south stone circle
• Stone hut circle north of Dinnever Hill, 200m WNW of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system at Watergate
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house
• The Middle Moor Cross, 230m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Three bowl barrows 130m east of Starapark Farm
• Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyard
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field boundaries, enclosure and cairn on Blacktor Downs
• Two bowl barrows 595m north west of Belah Park Farm
• Six cairns on Buttern Hill
• Large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze
• Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross
• Three prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 1km NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Round 410m west of Kenningstockmill
• Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
• Medieval long-house with adjacent enclosure 1.44km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Forrabury Cross, 40m SSW of Forrabury church
• Wayside cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Temple Old Bridge with adjacent ford and causeway
• The Castle Goff Stone and Valley Truckle Cross in St Julitta's churchyard
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• Early medieval decorated and inscribed wayside cross shaft and base on Waterpit Down, 250m WSW of Hallwell Barton Bungalow
• Bowl barrow 200m west of Tresplatt Farm
• Medieval wayside cross 320m south west of Higher Trevivian
• The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans
• Round 275m SSE of Little Delinuth
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor
• Motte castle known as Bossiney Castle
• Bowl barrow 60m west of Crowdy Reservoir dam