Rough Tor

Taking a detour about three miles southeast from the A39 at the northern part of Camelford. Then through the village of Treegoodwell and along Roughtor Road. Roughtor summit is surrounded by a series stone walls linking natural outcrops to form an enclosure. Within the enclosure are a small number of circular terraces levelled into the slopes. Cairns have been built near to the main entrances with more small cairns in the surrounding moorland. On the summit of Roughtor are the foundations of a medieval chapel dedicated to St Michael and built into the side of one of the cairns.

The enclosure is on moorland with open access and can be reached from a National Trust car park. The climb is steep to the site.

Rough Tor settlement (North west)

North-west of Roughtor ridge is a settlement of numerous hut circles with small enclosures and the remains of field systems. Archaeological evidence of different phases of occupation during the Early and Middle Bronze Age. A number of stone cairns are spread across the hill slopes with a small number within or very close to the settlement enclosures. Many of which are thought to be Early Bronze Age burial monuments.

Rough Tor settlement (South)

On the southern slopes of Roughtor, set around three or four enclosures, are the remains of a large number of hut circles. The site is thought to be linked to the same Early to Middle Bronze age period north-west of Roughtor. The settlement is 200 metres to the north of Fernacre stone circle which forms part of a ritual landscape that includes Stannon and Louden stone circles. A number of cairns and the Neolithic Tor Enclosure are in the area.