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Round called Lesingey Round

England
List entry 1004400
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004400
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.52 hectares
Grid reference
SW 45346 30360
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lesingey Round is a prehistoric circular earthwork located in Cornwall, England. The monument consists of a roughly circular bank and ditch formation typical of Cornish rounds, which are Iron Age or Romano-British defensive or settlement enclosures. The site is situated within the Cornish landscape characterised by numerous similar archaeological features that reflect the region's patterns of settlement and land use during the later prehistoric period. Like other rounds in Cornwall, Lesingey Round represents an important surviving example of Iron Age or Romano-British period activity in the county.

Round called Lesingey Round is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004400. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round called Lesingey Round?

Lesingey Round is a prehistoric circular earthwork located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004400.

Who is responsible for protecting Round called Lesingey Round?

Round called Lesingey Round 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 1004400.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round called Lesingey Round?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nun Careg Cross, 400m south-west of Boleigh Farm (6.1 km), The Merry Maidens (or Dawns Men) stone circle (6.3 km), Wayside cross base 125m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle (6.3 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Nun Careg Cross, 400m south-west of Boleigh Farm
6.1 km
The Merry Maidens (or Dawns Men) stone circle
6.3 km
Wayside cross base 125m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
6.3 km
Base slab of a medieval wayside cross, 110m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
6.3 km
Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
6.4 km
Prehistoric entrance grave 900m north west of Tregiffian Farm
6.4 km
Bowl barrow 300m south west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
6.5 km
Boskenna Cross
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round called Lesingey Round

Round called Lesingey Round stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava.

Domesday entry for Alverton, Cornwall →
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