Scheduled MonumentsEnglandPrehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm

Prehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm

England
List entry 1007475
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007475
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
18.74 hectares
Grid reference
SX 20537 73465
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Higher Langdon Farm is a multi-period monument in Cornwall containing evidence of prehistoric and medieval settlement and land use. The site preserves prehistoric field systems, enclosures, hut circles and rounds dating to the Bronze Age and Iron Age, which represent early agricultural communities and their territorial organisation of the landscape. Adjacent to these remains are the physical traces of medieval settlement, including a longhouse and associated field systems, indicating continuity of occupation and land management across more than two millennia. The monument thus demonstrates the long-term human exploitation and organisation of this area of the Cornish countryside, from prehistoric times through the medieval period.

Prehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007475. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Prehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm?

Higher Langdon Farm is a multi-period monument in Cornwall containing evidence of prehistoric and medieval settlement and land use. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007475.

Who is responsible for protecting Prehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm?

Prehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm 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 1007475.

What other scheduled monuments are near Prehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval wayside cross at Wenmouth Cross, 320m north of Wenmouth (5.7 km), Trewane Cross in St Neot churchyard (6 km), Churchyard cross and three wayside crosses in St Neot churchyard (6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Prehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm

Prehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Prehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~6.7 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~9.4 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~12.6 milesBattle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~20.9 miles