Higher Receven
Higher Receven is a Village in the county of Cornwall.
There are great places to visit near Higher Receven including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.
There are a number of hiking areas near to Higher Receven including Tehidy.
There are a number of country parks near Higher Receven including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.
Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are some of Higher Receven best towns to visit near Higher Receven.
Kit Hill Country Park is a great place to visit close to Higher Receven if you like hills.
Higher Receven's best nearby villages can be found at Cremyll, and Botallack.
Higher Receven is near some unmissable historic buildings like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park,
Higher Receven has some unmissable airports nearby like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.
Higher Receven History
There are some historic monuments around Higher Receven:
- Bowl barrow 600m south west of Trewidden Farm
- Fogou 70m west of Higher Bodinnar
- Promontory Fort called Trereen Dinas
- Two cist graves 500yds (460m) NE of Tregerthen Cottage
- Two entrance graves and two bowl barrows 670m SSE of Treen Farm
- Round 300yds (270m) NE of Newmill
- Bowl barrow 300m south west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
- Round barrow 550yds (500m) N of Chycarne
- Kerbed cairn and round cairn 210m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
- Part of a field system and cairn field 375m west of Bojuthnoe Farm
- Round 280m WNW of Higher Faugan Hotel
- Round cairn 160m north east of Bosistow Island
- Hut circle settlement at Sperris Croft 500yds (460m) SE of Tregerthen Cottage
- The Men Scryfa, an early Christian memorial stone
- Standing stone known as the 'Blind Fiddler', 405m south east of Lesbew Farm
- Medieval wayside cross 35m SSW of Pendrea Cottage, south west of St Buryan
- Wayside cross 290m SSW of Madron Well
- Churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, immediately south of the church
- Standing stone 340m south of Trye Farm
- Round barrow 300yds (270m) SSE of Polhigey
- Megalithic tomb 220yds (200m) SW of Trevarthen
- Holy well called Madron Well
- Porthgwarra Ullies
- Courtyard house settlement 315m NNE of Botrea Farm
- Promontory fort called Kenidjack Castle
- An entrance grave re-used as a kerbed cairn with cist known as 'Chapel Carn Brea'
- Barrow 800yds (730m) WNW of Boswens Farm
- Wayside cross immediately south of St Towennicus' Church
- Round cairn 230m SSW of Higher Tregiffian
- Standing stone 230m west of the Old Manor
- Medieval wayside cross at Paul
- Two kerbed cairns 240m WSW of Boscregan
- Stone cross base 450yds (405m) NW of Santry Farm
- Tremethick Cross, 760m east of Tremethick Farm
- Round barrow 600yds (550m) NW of Nine Maidens stone circle
- Standing stone 410m south east of Boskenna Cross
- Geevor Mine
- Chapel and holy well on Chapel Downs
- An early Christian memorial stone at Boskenna
- Standing stone 200yds (180m) W of Chycarne
- Courtyard house settlement with enclosure and fogou 235m south east of Porthmeor Farm
- Round cairn 180m WSW of Higher Conquer
- Iron Age beehive hut 380m SSW of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
- Croftoe British village
- Fogou 70m north of Pendeen Manor Farm
- St Buryan churchtown cross
- Stone hut circle settlement, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system 500m south of Foage Farm
- Two barrows on Woon Gumpus Common 700yds (640m) NNW of Boslow Farm
- Courtyard house settlement known as Bosullow Trehyllys, 515m north east of Chun Castle
- Iron Age to Roman settlement with incorporated fogou and adjacent post-medieval cottage at Carn Euny
- Holed stones on Kenidjack Common
- Standing stone 60m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
- Chapel 140m south west of Bosence
- A round, courtyard house settlement and two stone hut circles 400m north east of Trye Farm
- Stone hut circle 730m west of Foage Farm
- Churchyard cross-head in wall of Paul churchyard
- Tin mine calciner at Botallack Mine
- Cross 150m south west of Rospletha
- Cliff castle known as Maen Castle
- Two barrows and circular enclosure on Pordenack Point
- Medieval chapel known as Madron Well Chapel associated with Madron holy well
- Boslow Cross 550yds (500m) NW of Boslow Farm
- Entrance grave 245m north west of Pennance
- Kerris Cross
- Treen Common stone circle
- Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 20m south east of the church
- Round 340m south east of Trevean
- Multi-period archaeological landscape 430m north of Tredinney
- Chambered barrow SSE of Treen
- Large regular stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' and a round cairn 690m north-west of Killiow Farm
- Cross-head in Madron churchyard, south of the church
- Ring cairn 305m NNW of Joppa Farm
- Three bowl barrows on Treen Common 430m north east of Higher Bosporthennis
- Entrance grave 290m south west of Brane End Farm
- Kerbed cairn 100m NNW of Chapel Carn Brea
- Chun Downs prehistoric landscape complex, incorporating Chun Cromlech, Chun Castle, and barrow 200yds (180m) SW of Chun Farm
- Base slab of a medieval wayside cross, 110m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
- Two round barrows 300yds (270m) E of Little Higher Bosullow
- Enclosure containing eight round cairns known as Bartine Castle, 460m south east of Higher Bartinney
- Round cairn and medieval settlement 150m south of Solomons Isle
- Platform cairn 190m SSE of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
- Wayside cross in St Just Vicarage garden
- Standing stone 105m south east of Chyenhal Farm
- Round called Trewern Round
- Nun Careg Cross, 400m south-west of Boleigh Farm
- Hut circle on Carnyorth Common 200yds (180m) W of Carn Kenidjack
- Wayside cross 260m south east of Mayon Farm
- Wayside cross at Tregwainton Carn
- Two courtyard houses and two stone hut circles 470m north east of Newmill
- Wayside cross-head in St Sennen's churchyard, 10m south of the church
- A kerbed cairn with cists, 450m north east of Trevedra Farm
- Stone hut circle 390m south east of Little Brea Farm
- Round 500yds (460m) NW of Nancothan Cottages, Trewidden
- Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn
- An inscribed cross shaft, a lantern cross head and a cross-base in Gulval churchyard
- Crows-an-wra medieval wayside cross and a turnpike milestone.
- Bowl barrow 180m north of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
- Field system on Dry Carn
- Two hut circles 380yds (350m) NE of Trevean
- Iron Age defended settlement, 330m south east of Caer Bran Farm
- Tin streamworks 245m south east of Higher Numphra
- Barrow 250yds (230m) W of Higher Botallack
- Two stone hut circle settlements and part of an associated field system 370m south west of Boswens
- Courtyard house settlement with part of a field system and a possible fogou 550m SSE of Treen
- Iron Age defended settlement immediately south east of Boskennal Farm
- Promontory fort called Bosigran Castle
- Portal dolmen called Sperris Quoit
- Courtyard house and stone hut circle settlement 430m south west of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
- Two kerbed cairns on Trendrine Hill
- Rectangular enclosures 700yds (640m) E of Tregerthen
- Large regular stone circle called Boscawen-Un with two outlying standing stones west of Boscawen Noon Farm
- Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church
- Kerbed cairn 660m WNW of Foage Farm
- Entrance grave known as Zennor Quoit 600m north-east of Foage Farm
- Iron Age defended settlement 460m south east of Caer Bran Farm
- Wayside cross in Madron churchyard, west of the church
- Wayside cross base 125m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
- Enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Chygwidden Vean, 250m east of Land Vue
- Wayside cross known as Vellansagia Cross
- Courtyard house 150m north east of Trye Farm
- Enclosed hut circle settlement, 500m north-west of Jericho Farm
- Stone hut circle 40m west of Carnyorth Farm
- Choone Cross, 220m WNW of Choone Farm
- Courtyard house settlement 335m south of Nanjulian Farm
- Medieval chapel called St Helen's Chapel with a dwelling and enclosure at Cape Cornwall
- Two kerbed cairns 285m north east of Higher Botallack
- Two standing stones known as the Long Stones, 280m south east of Higher Drift Farm
- Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
- Botrea barrows
- Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m east of the church
- Three round barrows 650yds (595m) N of Nine Maidens stone circle
- Wayside cross 310m WNW of Little Boswarthen
- Trevorgans Cross 375m east of Crows-an-wra
- Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and part of a field system 400m north of Bodrifty Farm
- Three bowl barrows 380m south east of Bryndowr
- Round called Lesingey Round
- Standing stone called Tresvennack Pillar
- Bowl barrow 260m SSE of Zennor Quoit
- Wayside cross in St Levan churchyard, 10m north east of the church
- Hut circles with associated field system 400yds (360m) SW of Little Higher Bosullow
- Leswidden Stone, 370m south west of Leswidden
- Part of a prehistoric field system and medieval strip fields 250m south west of Higher Bartinney
- Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm
- Watermill near Bosigran Castle
- Holy well 30m north west of St Levan's Chapel
- Wayside cross at Nanquidno Farm
- Early Christian memorial stone beside Bleu Bridge
- Courtyard house 280m north west of Middle Carnaquidden
- Two standing stones known as 'The Pipers', 130m and 230m south west of Boleigh Farm
- Prehistoric entrance grave 900m north west of Tregiffian Farm
- Round barrow 300yds (270m) W of Nine Maidens
- Wayside cross-head in Sancreed churchyard on churchyard wall by west gate
- Group of round barrows on Truthwall Common
- Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system
- Field system on Truthwall Common
- Boskenna Cross
- Wayside cross immediately north east of St John the Baptist's Church
- Higher Levant Mine
- Medieval chapel called Chapel Jane
- Two ring cairns 110m north east of Chycarne
- Round called Lescudjack Castle
- Cist 165m east of Tredinneck Farm
- Kerbed cairn 225m south of Heather Farm
- Portal dolmen known as Mulfra Quoit
- Part of a prehistoric field system at Tor Noon
- Churchyard cross in St Buryan churchyard
- Two large regular stone circles 290m north east of Hailglower Farm
- Carnyorth Circles, Carnyorth Farm
- Ancient house and enclosures 250yds (230m) N of Mulfra Farm
- Hut circle 280yds (250m) SW of Trevarthen
- Wayside cross 200m north west of Pendrea
- Fogou at Lower Boscaswell
- The Ballowall Barrow incorporating entrance grave, cairn, ritual pits and cists 420m WSW of Bollowal Farm
- Medieval chapel and hermitage called St Levan's Chapel
- Promontory fort known as Treryn Dinas
- Barrow 100yds (90m) SE of Halgolluir Farm
- Churchyard cross in St Just's churchyard, 10m west of the church
- The Merry Maidens (or Dawns Men) stone circle
- Round barrow on Gear Common 400yds (370m) WSW of Pennance Farm
- Long stone W of Boswens Common
- Stone hut circle settlements, courtyard house settlement, enclosures and part of a field system at Boswarva Carn
- Round barrow 200yds (180m) NNW of Long Stone
- Wayside cross beside a farm track, 115m north of Rosemorran Farm
- Deserted medieval settlement with 16th and 18th century structures 85m west of West Lanyon Quoit
- Three wayside crosses in the churchyard of St Sennara's Church
- Round, courtyard house settlement and field system 140m WNW of Goldherring
- Bosiliack prehistoric settlement, field systems, entrance grave, cairns and later tinworks
- Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit
- Round barrow 1000yds (910m) ESE of Rosemergy SW of Carn Galver
- Boskenna Gate Cross
- Promontory fort at Carn Les Boel
- Standing stone 230m south of Primrose Cottage
- Medieval wayside cross 150m ESE of Lower Alsia
- Stone setting and holed stone known as the Men-an-Tol, 315m south east of Coronation Farm
- Medieval playing place known as Plain an Gwary, St Just
- Wayside cross 200m north east of Boscathnoe Farm
- Wayside cross in St Sennen's churchyard, 6m north of the church
- Enclosure 220yds (200m) NE of Trevean
- Cross slab at parish church
- A small multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle-an-Dinas' which contains an 18th century folly called 'Roger's Tower'
- Round cairn 135m west of Little Carnaquidden
- Churchyard cross in St Levan churchyard, 10m south of the church
- Settlement 450yds (400m) NW of Middle Carnaquidden
- Boleigh fogou
- Kerbed cairn 365m north west of Tredinney
- Courtyard house settlement and field system and medieval farmstead 440m south of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
- Early Christian memorial stone and churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m south of the church
- Wayside cross 170m north of Trevilley
- Standing stone 150m north west of Trewern Round
- Entrance grave 140m east of Kerrow
- Standing stone 75m south of Tremayne
- Market cross
- Trevescan Cross 340m SSW of Sennen Church
- Trembath Cross 200m ENE of Buryas Bridge
- Round cairn on Carn Polpry
Places to see near Higher Receven
Lakes near Higher Receven
Rivers near Higher Receven
- West Looe River
- Polperro River
- East Looe River
- Seaton
- Upper River Ruthern
- Amble
- Camel (De Lank to Stannon)
- Stannon Stream
- Lower River Camel
- St Lawrence Stream
- Issey Brook (Camel)
- Upper River Amble
- De Lank River
- Lower River Ruthern
- Demelza Stream (Ruthern)
- Polmorla Stream
- Upper River Camel
- Amble tributary (Camel)
- Allen
- Lanivet Stream
- Porth Stream
- Gannel (Upper)
- Menalhyl
- Gannel (Lower)
- Harlyn Water
- Benny Stream
- Porthcothan Stream
- Trebant Water
- Lerryn River
- Cardinham Water
- Warleggan River
- Fowey (Upper)
- Fowey (Warleggan to St Neot)
- Pont Pill
- St Neot River
- Lower River Fowey
- Crackington Stream
- Marsland Water
- Lower River Strat
- Lower River Neet
- Upper River Neet
- Jacob Stream
- Valency
- Upper River Strat
- Coombe Valley Stream
- Newlyn River
- Trevaylor Stream
- Penberth Stream
- Marazion River
- Lamorna Stream
- Roseworthy Stream
- Portreath Stream
- Red River (Upper)
- Bolingey Stream
- Red River (Lower)
- Hayle
- Angarrack Stream
- Holywell Stream
- Kestle Stream
- Upper River Allen (Fal)
- Kenwyn
- Kennal
- Zelah Brook
- Brighton Stream
- Hicks Mill Stream
- Gwindra Stream
- Tresillian River (Lower)
- Upper River Fal
- Calenick Stream
- Trevella Stream
- Tresillian River (Upper)
- Lower River Allen (Fal)
- Lower River Fal
- Upper Carnon River
- Lower River Carnon
- Bokiddick Stream
- Crinnis River
- St Austell River
- Caerhays Stream
- Par River (Upper)
- Par River (Lower)
- Tywardreath Stream
- Carminowe Creek
- Gunwalloe Stream
- Cury River
- Helford River
- Manaccan River
- Poltesco River
- Lestraines River
- Lower River Cober
- Porthleven Stream
- Upper River Cober
- Gweek River
- Upper River Inny
- Penpont Water
- Cotehele Stream
- Lowley Brook
- Lower River Inny
- Lower River Tamar
- Upper River Lynher
- Tiddy
- Withey Brook
- Lower River Lynher
- Tala Water
- Canworthy Water
- Carey
- Tamar (River Ottery to River Deer)
- Tamar (Small Brook to River Deer)
- Upper River Ottery
- Kensey
- Tamar (Small Brook to Lamberal Water)
- Small Brook (Tamar)
- Claw
- Tamar (River Ottery to River Lyd)
- Lower River Ottery
- Upper River Tamar
- Caudworthy Water
- Deer
- Lamberal Water
- Bolesbridge Water
- Derril Water
- Middle River Ottery
