Carkees Down

Carkees Down is a grassland in Blisland, Cornwall, England. Carkees Down is situated nearby to the peak Carkees Tor, as well as near the grassland Scribble Downs.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leaze stone circle and Emblance Downs stone circles.

Leaze stone circle

Archaeological site

Leaze stone circle is a stone circle located in the parish of St. Breward on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, UK. Leaze stone circle is situated 2,300 feet north of Carkees Down.

Emblance Downs stone circles

Archaeological site

Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Emblance Downs stone circles are a pair of stone circles located in the parish of St. Breward on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England. Emblance Downs stone circles is situated 3,200 feet northwest of Carkees Down.

King Arthur’s Hall

Archaeological site

Photo: Theroadislong, Public domain.

King Arthur's Hall is a megalithic enclosure on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England. It is thought to be a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age ceremonial site. King Arthur’s Hall is situated 1 mile northwest of Carkees Down.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bradford and Temple.

Bradford

Hamlet

Bradford is a hamlet in the county of Cornwall, England, UK, 10.3 km north-northeast of the town of Bodmin, north of the A30 road. Bradford is in the valley of the De Lank River on Bodmin Moor.

Temple

Hamlet

Photo: Mervyn R Body, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Temple is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Blisland, on Bodmin Moor, in the Cornwall district, in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, England. The village is bypassed by the A30 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 29. Temple is situated 2 miles south of Carkees Down.