Downinney is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Downinney

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

Tehidy is one of Downinney's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Downinney.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are great places to visit near Downinney if you like country parks.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are great places to visit near Downinney if you like towns.

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

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

Don't miss Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park's historic buildings if visiting the area around Downinney.

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

Downinney History

There are some historic monuments around Downinney:

• An early Christian memorial stone in Lewannick churchyard
• Prehistoric round cairn 865m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Prehistoric embanked avenue with incorporated funerary cist 210m WNW of Showery Tor
• Two bowl barrows 625m south of Greystone Farm
• Medieval wayside cross on Laneast Downs, 270m SSW of High Hall Farm
• Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church
• Medieval longhouse settlement (known locally as Lamlavery), and an associated field system
• Bowl barrow 60m west of Crowdy Reservoir dam
• Earthwork on Hill Down 500yds (450m) WSW of Tresparrett Posts
• Two bowl barrows 240m SSW of Wilsworthy Cross
• Prehistoric coaxial and regular field systems, incorporated hut circles and adjacent deserted medieval settlement, droveway and long house on Tregune Farm
• Bowl barrow 410m east of Wainhouse Corner
• Ring cairn and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down
• Leskernick south stone circle
• Platform cairn with rim bank and central cairn, and a secondary cairn, on the summit of Carne Down
• Wayside cross 110m SSW of Youlstone
• Round cairn 567m north-west of Showery Tor
• Wayside cross 290m north west of Basill
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Newpark
• Barrow 90m E of Trelay Farm
• Tor cairn on Showery Tor
• Well called Blaunder's Well
• Vincent Mine Cross
• Prehistoric ring cairn 810m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Three barrows 550m ENE of Cansford
• Round called Froxton Wood Castle
• Round barrow cemetery on Wilsey Down
• Round 800m south east of Pengold Farm
• Round (or petal) cairn on the summit of Leskernick Hill
• Round 300m north of Northdown
• Four prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 938m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort called Hilton Wood Castle
• Round 310m south of Mill Farm
• Wayside cross 660m north of Basil Farm
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor
• Three prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 1km NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Bowl barrow 120m south west of Horizon View
• Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze
• Penhallam medieval moated manor house, 360m south west of Ashbury Camp
• Four bowl barrows 445m north of Buttern Farm
• Round cairn 625m north-west of Showery Tor
• Upton Castle, 500m SSW of Upton Barton Farm
• Three bowl barrows 600m south east of Small Hill Barton
• Promontory fort N of village
• Round cairn 417m north-west of Showery Tor
• Wayside cross 120m north of Basill
• Bowl barrow 110m north of Whitehill Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• St Clether's Chapel and Holy Well
• Round cairn 312m north-west of Showery Tor
• Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm
• Leskernick stone alignment
• Prehistoric and later enclosure containing a stone hut circle 1.2km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Animal pound 90m ENE of Pound Cot
• Stone hut circle 525m SW of West Carne Farm
• Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Round barrow cemetery 610m north east of Creddacott Farm
• Medieval wayside cross head 75m east of Newpark
• Prehistoric coaxial field system, incorporated and adjacent hut circles, stone setting, linear boundaries and medieval settlement on Fox Tor and Treburland Farm
• Three bowl barrows 750m south east of Lower Brazacott Farm
• Medieval churchyard cross in Laneast churchyard
• Cross 470m north of Lambrenny
• Early post-medieval guide post 270m north west of Bowden
• Prehistoric standing stone 500m NNE of Spettigue Farm
• Two Bronze Age settlements, associated field enclosures, small cairns, a cist and a propped stone on the south and western slopes of Leskernick Hill
• Bowl barrow 660m north east of Tresoke
• Round barrow cemetery including Tich Barrow 730m north east of Trehane Pool
• Prehistoric linear boundary, adjacent irregular aggregate field system and hut circles, incorporated cairns and medieval grave on north-west Roughtor
• Roughtor holy well, 333m south-west of Showery Tor
• Ashbury Camp later prehistoric multivallate hillfort
• St Anne's Well, in Whitstone churchyard
• Part of a bowl barrow called Headon Barrow
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Bowl barrow 700m east of Tregray Farm
• Prehistoric house platform on south-east Roughtor, 985m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor
• Multi-span bridge called Trerithick Bridge
• Prehistoric to post-medieval funerary, ritual and settlement remains on and around Louden Hill
• Two bowl barrows 380m north of Beckaveans, one of which is called 'The Beacon'
• Wayside cross 315m north of The Old Rectory, Altarnun
• Two bowl barrows 595m north west of Belah Park Farm
• Medieval wayside cross 550m north-west of Lewannick church
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Later Prehistoric to Roman round 500m NE of West Carne Farm
• Co-axial field system, hut circle settlements, cairnfield and land boundaries on Carne Down
• Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor
• Holyway Cross, 550m east of Hicksmill
• Prehistoric standing stone 695m north-west of Showery Tor
• Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, and religious and funerary remains on the middle and lower slopes west and south of Roughtor
• Medieval wayside cross 320m south west of Higher Trevivian
• Deserted medieval building 55m south of Roughtor summit
• Large multivallate hillfort called Warbstow Bury and a pillow mound known as the Giant's Grave
• Prehistoric irregular field system and enclosures with incorporated stone hut circle and incorporated and adjacent cairns 558m north-west of Showery Tor
• Iron Age defended settlement 425m west of Trebray
• Six cairns on Buttern Hill
• Wayside cross 620m south west of Basil Farm
• Medieval long-house with adjacent enclosure 1.44km NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Multi-span bridge called Polyphant Bridge, 110m north of Polyphant Green
• A round on Tregearedown Beacon, 295m north east of the Nook
• Wayside cross in Tresmeer churchyard
• Round 260m south west of Trengayor
• Two bowl barrows 660m south west of Whitehill Cottage, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Holy well at Laneast
• Leskernick north stone circle
• Motte castle 80m north west of the church at Week St Mary
• Ring bank in the NW corner of Lewannick Plantation
• Two adjoining prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 960m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Medieval wayside cross in Altarnun churchyard
• Three bowl barrows 560m south east of Cherry Cross
• Settlement W of Cargelly
• Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery Tor