An ancient site on Bodmin Moor is among over 500 historic places that were added to Historic England’s National Heritage List in 2019.

The Leskernick South Stone Circle on Bodmin Moor, a scheduled monument, was first discovered in 1973. It is made up of 23 granite stones set in a circle of around 30m in diameter. It has been dated to the Early Bronze Age, making it around 4,000 years old. None of the stones are now standing and some lie on their edges, but their positions can still be read in the landscape. It has been suggested that the circle once comprised 30 or 31 standing stones, but the site has historically been disturbed by mineral prospecting and possibly peat collection.

The tallest stones in the circle, when standing, would have faced nearby Leskernick Hill, perhaps to make it look more impressive when viewed from the Bronze Age settlements there, the remains of which were also scheduled this year.

The settlements, on the south and western slopes of Leskernick Hill, boast a number of contemporary small cairns and a cast with a propped stone near the summit of the hill thought to be of prehistoric date. The settlement round houses and their field boundaries retain a large proportion of their stones and their layout can be read well.