Carwen is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Carwen

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

Tehidy is a great place to visit close to Carwen if you like hiking areas.

Carwen has some unmissable country parks nearby like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Don't miss Callington, Polperro, and St Ives's towns if visiting the area around Carwen.

There are a number of hills near to Carwen including Kit Hill Country Park.

The area around Carwen boasts some of the best villages including Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

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

Carwen History

There are some historic monuments around Carwen:

• Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones
• Round cairn with central cist capstone and inner kerb 935m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Stone hut circle north of Dinnever Hill, 200m WNW of the Stannon Stone Circle
• King Arthur's Hall
• Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road
• Platform cairn on Goonzion Downs
• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Wayside cross 120m north west of Callywith
• Churchyard cross in the cemetery at St Teath, 60m north west of the church
• Prehistoric stone setting 62m north-west of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Prehistoric embanked avenue with incorporated funerary cist 210m WNW of Showery Tor
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
• Motte and bailey castle called Cardinham Castle
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor
• Large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze
• Wayside cross at Trevia Walls
• Round (or petal) cairn on the summit of Leskernick Hill
• Medieval wayside cross in St Mabyn churchyard
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• 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
• Lantern cross 60m north east of Lancarffe
• Medieval longhouse settlement (known locally as Lamlavery), and an associated field system
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyard
• Round cairn 312m north-west of Showery Tor
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Pencarrow, 130m SSE of Pencarrow House
• Medieval wayside cross head 75m east of Newpark
• An early Christian memorial stone at Lancarffe
• Animal pound called Crowpound
• Cross head N of Tregony Farm
• Round 410m west of Kenningstockmill
• Two stone hut circles 130m south east of Highsteps
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house
• Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and linear boundary with superimposed medieval boundary and adjacent clearance cairn on Dinnever Hill
• Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Large multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle Canyke', 375m SSW of Castle Canyke Farmhouse
• Three wayside crosses in St Julitta's churchyard
• Treslea Downs Cross 300m west of Mount
• Hut circles near New Hall
• Three platform cairns 320m south-east of Moorgate
• Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Platform cairn 450m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor
• Four prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 938m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Four Hole Cross, 200m north of Lord's Waste Farm
• Wayside cross at Bodwannick Manor Farm
• Round cairn 567m north-west of Showery Tor
• Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor
• Two Bronze Age settlements, associated field enclosures, small cairns, a cist and a propped stone on the south and western slopes of Leskernick Hill
• Five bowl barrows 550m north of Trewindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs
• Cairn 485m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Churchyard cross in Cardinham churchyard, 5m south of the church
• Largin Castle
• St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church
• Slight univallate hillfort in Dunmere Wood 235m WNW of Crabb's Pool
• Prehistoric irregular field system and enclosures with incorporated stone hut circle and incorporated and adjacent cairns 558m north-west of Showery Tor
• Treslea Cross, 750m ENE of Cardinham Church
• 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
• Round 275m SSE of Little Delinuth
• Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross
• Prehistoric linear boundary, adjacent irregular aggregate field system and hut circles, incorporated cairns and medieval grave on north-west Roughtor
• Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
• Two adjoining prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 960m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Wayside cross 220m north west of Steppes Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement called Penhargard Castle
• Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn
• Round cairn 625m north-west of Showery Tor
• Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle
• Two platform cairns centred 485m SW of Colquite Farm
• St Bellarmin's Chapel
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Prehistoric cairns and field boundary 450m south of the Louden Stone Circle
• Roughtor holy well, 333m south-west of Showery Tor
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• The Louden Stone Circle, 950m ENE of Camperdown Farm
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor
• Prehistoric round cairn 865m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Prehistoric house platform on south-east Roughtor, 985m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Prehistoric standing stone 695m north-west of Showery Tor
• Medieval wayside cross at Castle Hill, 740m north east of Bodmin parish church
• Three bowl barrows 250m north east of Lowermoor
• Deserted medieval building 55m south of Roughtor summit
• Bury Castle
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 30m north of the church
• Kerbed cairn on Alex Tor
• Prehistoric to post-medieval funerary, ritual and settlement remains on and around Louden Hill
• Two small stone circles 530m ESE of King Arthur's Hall
• Tawna Downs round barrows
• Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill
• Helland Bridge
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Kerbed cairn 500m east of Casehill
• Small multivallate hillfort with outworks known as Pencarrow Rounds
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• Trezance Holy Well and chapel enclosure
• Cross near Deviock Cottage
• Six cairns on Buttern Hill
• Platform cairn on Priddacombe Downs
• Prehistoric hut circle settlement on Stanning Hill
• Holy well in Michaelstow churchyard
• Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor
• Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm
• Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery Tor
• Temple Old Bridge with adjacent ford and causeway
• Two early Christian memorial stones 195m north of Welltown
• Round cairn 417m north-west of Showery Tor
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Newpark
• Holy well near St James' Chapel
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system at Watergate
• 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
• Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
• Bowl barrow 60m west of Crowdy Reservoir dam
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Prehistoric ring cairn 810m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Blacktor Downs irregular aggregate field system and clearance cairn
• Medieval wayside cross at Blisland
• Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse
• Wayside cross 55m north east of Laninval House
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Three prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 1km NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Stone hut circle 525m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church
• Two wayside crosses in the grounds of Trewardale 34m WSW of the house
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field boundaries, enclosure and cairn on Blacktor Downs
• Platform cairn 460m SW of Colquite Farm
• Early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross in Cardinham churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Bowl barrow 420m south east of Higher Parkwalls
• Wayside cross in St Bartholomew's churchyard
• Reperry Cross, 550m ENE of Reperry Manor Farm
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Hut circle group and enclosure NE of Carwen
• Bowl barrow 230m south west of Middle Taphouse Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow known as Council Barrow
• Medieval long-house with adjacent enclosure 1.44km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Round called Castle Goff
• The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• Medieval chapel of St Thomas Becket 45m east of the church, Priory Road in Bodmin
• Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin
• Prehistoric and later enclosure containing a stone hut circle 1.2km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castle
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 5m west of the church
• Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick
• Tor cairn on Showery Tor