Monument Timeline

  1. 4000 BC to 2500 BC
    Age of Stone

    Age of Stone

    Visit the Neolithic period page

    The first farmers in Cornwall built stone monuments like quoits and long cairns, marking ritual and burial landscapes.

    No monuments found for this period.

  2. 2600 BC to 700 BC
    Age of Metal

    Age of Metal

    Visit the Bronze Age period page

    Metalworking emerges; round barrows, stone circles, and cliff-top settlements appear across Cornwall’s moorlands and coast.

  3. 800 BC to 43 AD
    Age of Iron

    Age of Iron

    Visit the Iron Age period page

    Hillforts and Promontory Forts are built across Cornwall, farming communities thrive in roundhouses and metal tools accelerated deforestation.

  4. 43 CE to 410 CE
    Age of Empires

    Age of Empires

    Visit the Romano-British period page

    Roman Invasion and occupation of Britain. In Cornwall native traditions persist alongside Roman marching camps and villas. Mining and naval trade networks continue to develop.

  5. 410 AD to 1540 AD
    Age of Feudalism

    Age of Feudalism

    Visit the Medieval period page

    Castles, churches, and field systems shape the landscape; Cornish language and identity flourish amid Norman feudalism.

  6. 1540 to 1901
    Modern Era

    Modern Era

    Visit the Post Medieval period page

    Tin and copper mining boom; engine houses rise; rural life shifts as Cornwall enters the industrial age. Methodism becomes the majority religion.

    No monuments found for this period.

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