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Rough Tor is a hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel situated on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor in Cornwall, England. The hillfort dates to the Iron Age and represents a significant example of prehistoric defensive settlement on high ground, demonstrating the strategic importance of elevated positions in the landscape. The site incorporates Bronze Age cairns and a chamber within its structure, indicating multiple phases of use and ritual significance across several prehistoric periods. A medieval chapel, later incorporated into or adjacent to the hilltop, testifies to the site's continued sacred or ceremonial importance from the Iron Age through the medieval period.
Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019478. View the official record →
Rough Tor is a hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel situated on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019478.
Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough 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 1019478.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs (8 km), St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church (8.9 km), Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough 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 with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.