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Tregarrick Tor is a Bronze Age hillfort located in Cornwall, England, situated on elevated terrain that affords natural defensive advantages. The site comprises an earlier prehistoric fortified settlement, a round cairn with an incorporated shelter structure, and a tor cairn, representing multiple phases of use and occupation spanning the Bronze Age period. The physical remains demonstrate the integration of monumental burial architecture with settlement structures, a characteristic arrangement found in Bronze Age Cornish landscape use. The hillfort's position on the tor itself suggests strategic occupation of naturally defensible high ground, typical of prehistoric settlement patterns in the region, with the associated cairn monuments indicating the ritual and funerary significance attributed to the location during the Bronze Age.
Earlier Prehistoric hillfort, adjacent round cairn with incorporated shelter, and tor cairn on Tregarrick Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009698. View the official record →
Tregarrick Tor is a Bronze Age hillfort located in Cornwall, England, situated on elevated terrain that affords natural defensive advantages. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009698.
Earlier Prehistoric hillfort, adjacent round cairn with incorporated shelter, and tor cairn on Tregarrick Tor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009698.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Cleer's Well and cross (3 km), Medieval churchyard cross in St Cleer churchyard (3.1 km), Part of a medieval boundary dyke 220m east of Golitha House (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earlier Prehistoric hillfort, adjacent round cairn with incorporated shelter, and tor cairn on Tregarrick Tor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Earlier Prehistoric hillfort, adjacent round cairn with incorporated shelter, and tor cairn on Tregarrick Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.