Little Downs is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Little Downs

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

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Little Downs like Tehidy.

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

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

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

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

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

Little Downs's best nearby airports can be found at Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Little Downs History

There are some historic monuments around Little Downs:

• Treslea Cross, 750m ENE of Cardinham Church
• Iron Age defended settlement called Penhargard Castle
• Portal dolmen 400m north east of Lesquite Farm
• Four Hole Cross, 200m north of Lord's Waste Farm
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with outwork and outlying stone hut circle known as Berry Castle
• Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery
• Stone hut circle 525m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse
• Hobbs Hill tin mine, openwork and lodeback tinwork 530m east and 160m north east of Chyseger Farm
• Bowl barrow known as Council Barrow
• Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• Linear boundary called the Giant's Hedge
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• Trezance Holy Well and chapel enclosure
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• Platform cairn on Priddacombe Downs
• Deserted medieval settlement and field system with incorporated prehistoric settlement and field system and post-medieval farmhouse NW of Tresibbet Farm
• Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs
• Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct
• Platform cairn 460m SW of Colquite Farm
• Medieval wayside cross at Blisland
• Two small stone circles 530m ESE of King Arthur's Hall
• Prehistoric settlements and field system with adjacent medieval settlement, field systems, boundaries and tin streamworks on the Brown Gelly Downs
• Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn
• Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Wayside cross in St Bartholomew's churchyard
• Holy well near St James' Chapel
• Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
• Churchyard cross in Cardinham churchyard, 5m south of the church
• Wayside cross 120m north west of Callywith
• Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick
• Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
• Bury Castle
• Lantern cross 60m north east of Lancarffe
• Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church
• Medieval wayside cross at Wenmouth Cross, 320m north of Wenmouth
• Wayside cross in St Nectan's chapel yard
• Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones
• St Bellarmin's Chapel
• Cross near Deviock Cottage
• King Arthur's Hall
• Temple Old Bridge with adjacent ford and causeway
• Medieval wayside cross at Castle Hill, 740m north east of Bodmin parish church
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Tawna Downs round barrows
• Round barrow W of Dozmary Pool
• Three stone hut circles with adjacent prehistoric field wall 660m north-west of Higher Langdon Farm
• Early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross in Cardinham churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Lesquite Cross, 160m NNW of Lesquite Farm
• Hut circle group and enclosure NE of Carwen
• Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 625m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Prehistoric hut circle settlement on Stanning Hill
• Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 825m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• 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
• Hut circle village 330yds (300m) W of West Northwood Farm
• Two wayside crosses in the grounds of Trewardale 34m WSW of the house
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon
• Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
• Lerryn Bridge
• Kerbed cairn 500m east of Casehill
• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Cairn 485m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Trethew
• Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin
• Treslea Downs Cross 300m west of Mount
• Medieval chapel of St Thomas Becket 45m east of the church, Priory Road in Bodmin
• Trewane Cross in St Neot churchyard
• Wayside cross called Killboy Cross
• Churchyard cross and three wayside crosses in St Neot churchyard
• Platform cairn on Goonzion Downs
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field boundaries, enclosure and cairn on Blacktor Downs
• Bowl barrow 230m south west of Middle Taphouse Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Round cairn 1.17km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm
• Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Animal pound called Crowpound
• Two platform cairns centred 485m SW of Colquite Farm
• Cross head N of Tregony Farm
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church
• Helland Bridge
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• Largin Castle
• Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm
• Two early Christian memorial stones 195m north of Welltown
• Embanked platform cairn with central mound on Browngelly Downs, 680m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Medieval wayside cross 300m NW of Trevorry Farm
• Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road
• Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm
• Motte and bailey castle called Cardinham Castle
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church
• Three bowl barrows 590m south west of Bedwindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• Blacktor Downs irregular aggregate field system and clearance cairn
• Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• An early Christian memorial stone at Lancarffe
• Large multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle Canyke', 375m SSW of Castle Canyke Farmhouse
• Platform cairn 450m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze
• Small multivallate hillfort on Bury Down, 530m north-east of South Park
• Five bowl barrows 550m north of Trewindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery