Watergate is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Watergate

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

Don't miss Tehidy's hiking areas if visiting the area around Watergate.

Don't miss Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Watergate.

The area around Watergate boasts some of the best towns including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Kit Hill Country Park is one of Watergate's best, nearby hills to visit in Watergate.

There are a number of villages near Watergate including Cremyll, and Botallack.

Places near Watergate feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Don't miss Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport's airports if visiting the area around Watergate.

Watergate History

There are some historic monuments around Watergate:

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