Prehistoric coaxial and regular field systems, incorporated hut circles and adjacent deserted medieval settlement, droveway and long house on Tregune Farm

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History & significance

Tregune Farm is an ancient monument in Cornwall comprising a complex of prehistoric and medieval settlement features. The site contains coaxial and regular field systems of prehistoric date, alongside Bronze Age hut circles, indicating sustained occupation and land management across multiple periods. Adjacent to these prehistoric remains lies a deserted medieval settlement including a long house and associated droveway, demonstrating continued use of the landscape from antiquity through the medieval period. The monument exemplifies the palimpsest of settlement patterns characteristic of upland Cornwall, where successive communities exploited the same terrain over more than two millennia.

Prehistoric coaxial and regular field systems, incorporated hut circles and adjacent deserted medieval settlement, droveway and long house on Tregune Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008261. View the official record →

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