Racecourse Downs is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Racecourse Downs

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

Hiking Areas to visit near Racecourse Downs include Tehidy.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are some of Racecourse Downs best country parks to visit near Racecourse Downs.

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

There are a several good hills in the area around Racecourse Downs like Kit Hill Country Park.

Racecourse Downs has some unmissable villages nearby like Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

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

Racecourse Downs History

There are some historic monuments around Racecourse Downs:

• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• St Bellarmin's Chapel
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Two small stone circles 530m ESE of King Arthur's Hall
• Cairn 485m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Stone hut circle north of Dinnever Hill, 200m WNW of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Wayside cross 120m north west of Callywith
• Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• Platform cairn 450m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill
• The Middle Moor Cross, 230m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• Bowl barrow known as Council Barrow
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• Three bowl barrows 590m south west of Bedwindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• 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
• Iron Age defended settlement called Penhargard Castle
• Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road
• Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm
• Lantern cross 60m north east of Lancarffe
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor
• Prehistoric stone setting 62m north-west of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Wayside cross at Bodwannick Manor Farm
• Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church
• The Prior's Cross at Washaway
• Stone hut circle 525m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Wayside cross in St Bartholomew's churchyard
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Five bowl barrows 550m north of Trewindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Hut circles near New Hall
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• An early Christian memorial stone at Lancarffe
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Lesquite Cross, 160m NNW of Lesquite Farm
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
• Medieval chapel of St Thomas Becket 45m east of the church, Priory Road in Bodmin
• Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle
• Wayside cross 330m NNW of Higher Woodley
• Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross
• Helland Bridge
• Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• A henge re-used as a medieval playing place, 75m north east of Castle Hill Farm
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Blacktor Downs irregular aggregate field system and clearance cairn
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church
• Treslea Cross, 750m ENE of Cardinham Church
• Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin
• King Arthur's Hall
• Churchyard cross in Cardinham churchyard, 5m south of the church
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• The Louden Stone Circle, 950m ENE of Camperdown Farm
• Bury Castle
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castle
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Platform cairn 460m SW of Colquite Farm
• Tawna Downs round barrows
• Wayside cross 55m north east of Laninval House
• Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
• Small multivallate hillfort with outworks known as Pencarrow Rounds
• Kerbed cairn on Alex Tor
• Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Trethew
• Large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Treslea Downs Cross 300m west of Mount
• Two platform cairns centred 485m SW of Colquite Farm
• Reperry Cross, 550m ENE of Reperry Manor Farm
• Two wayside crosses in the grounds of Trewardale 34m WSW of the house
• Prehistoric cairns and field boundary 450m south of the Louden Stone Circle
• Portal dolmen 400m north east of Lesquite Farm
• Hut circle group and enclosure NE of Carwen
• Temple Old Bridge with adjacent ford and causeway
• Holy well in Michaelstow churchyard
• Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
• Round cairn with central cist capstone and inner kerb 935m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Large multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle Canyke', 375m SSW of Castle Canyke Farmhouse
• Medieval wayside cross at Blisland
• Trequite Cross, at Trequite village
• Medieval wayside cross at Castle Hill, 740m north east of Bodmin parish church
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor
• Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyard
• Roman fort called 'Nanstallon Roman fort' 135m south west of Tregear
• Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park
• Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort in Dunmere Wood 235m WNW of Crabb's Pool
• Small multivallate hillfort called Tregeare Rounds
• Cross head N of Tregony Farm
• Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
• Motte and bailey castle called Cardinham Castle
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Kerbed cairn 500m east of Casehill
• Cross near Deviock Cottage
• Churchyard cross in the cemetery at St Teath, 60m north west of the church
• Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and linear boundary with superimposed medieval boundary and adjacent clearance cairn on Dinnever Hill
• Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church
• Wayside cross in St Nectan's chapel yard
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 30m north of the church
• Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones
• Platform cairn on Priddacombe Downs
• Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Pencarrow, 130m SSE of Pencarrow House
• Medieval wayside cross in St Mabyn churchyard
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 5m west of the church
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field boundaries, enclosure and cairn on Blacktor Downs
• Early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross in Cardinham churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Holy well near St James' Chapel
• Trezance Holy Well and chapel enclosure
• Two early Christian memorial stones 195m north of Welltown
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra