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Stannon Stone Circle is a scheduled monument comprising a Bronze Age ceremonial landscape with associated settlements on the high ground north of Dinnever Hill in central Cornwall. The site encompasses a stone circle, a prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, a cist burial, and linear boundaries distributed across 11.77 hectares of moorland. The underlying bedrock is a Permian felsic igneous intrusion, which has weathered to produce the granite-like stones used in the circle and scattered across the settlement remains. This geology is characteristic of Cornwall's mineral-rich interior, where such ancient monuments cluster on accessible high ground.
The stone circle and associated features date from the Bronze Age, when this landscape was intensively exploited for pastoral farming and ceremonial purposes. The hut circles indicate permanent or seasonal occupation, whilst the field boundaries and cairn clusters document the organisation of land management during prehistory. A medieval building survives within the scheduled area, showing later re-use of this landscape.
The monument was scheduled with Historic England (reference 1007764) in recognition of its archaeological significance and the complexity of its Bronze Age settlement pattern. The survival of multiple feature types at a single location provides exceptional evidence for understanding prehistoric occupation and land-use practices in the Cornish uplands.
Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007764. View the official record →
Stannon Stone Circle is a scheduled monument comprising a Bronze Age ceremonial landscape with associated settlements on the high ground north of Dinnever Hill in central Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007764.
Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill 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 1007764.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs (6.6 km), St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church (6.9 km), Medieval wayside cross at Blisland (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill'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.
Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.