Hendraburnick Quoit

Hendraburnick (Cornish: Hendra Bronnik, meaning rushy home farma) is a farmstead near Davidstow, Cornwall, England.[1] On Hendraburnick Down is the source of the River Camel.

In the medieval period, Hendraburnick was a manor held under Launceston Castle.[2] Feet of fines records that in 1383 some land in the settlement of Hendraburnick was held by a Roger Knyght, reverting on his death to a John Lordman of Treleigh.[3]

A 17th century farmhouse there is a grade II listed building.[4]

Hendraburnick Quoit to the north east is a Late Neolithic dolmen, regarded as "the most decorated or deliberately marked stone in southern Britain".[5][6]

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Notes

a.^ Historical alternative spellings include Hendrebrunnek, Hendrabunyck, Hendraburnycke, Hendraburneck, Hendraburnocke, Henderburnic, Hendrabornicke, and Henderburnick[7]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly (Map). Ordnance Survey. ISBN 978-0-319-23145-6.
  2. ^ Daniel Lysons; Samuel Lysons (1814). "Davidstow". Magna Britannia. Vol. 3.
  3. ^ Joseph Hambley Rowe, ed. (1914). "A.D. 1383-1384". Cornwall feet of fines. The publications of the Devon & Cornwall record society. Vol. 2. The Devon and Cornwall record society. p. 21.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Old Farmhouse at Hendraburnick (1328285)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  5. ^ Jones, Andy M.; Goskar, Thomas (3 July 2017). "Hendraburnick 'Quoit': recording and dating rock art in the west of Britain". Time and Mind. 10 (3): 277–292. doi:10.1080/1751696X.2017.1341241. ISSN 1751-696X. S2CID 135019477.
  6. ^ "Is stone most decorated in southern Britain?". Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  7. ^ Chris Bond (2007). An Index to the Historical Place Names of Cornwall: Vol 1 - A to K. ISBN 9780952206422.

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